NEBFARMPAC Endorses Mark Cohen for Third Congressional District
LINCOLN, NE – Nebraska Farmers Union’s Political Action Committee, NEBFARMPAC announced its endorsement of independent candidate Mark Cohen for Congress in CD3 in the general election.
Vern Jantzen, NEBFARMPAC President from Plymouth said, “As voters, it is our job to determine whether or not the status quo is working for us, or against us. When times are good, we usually stay the course and retain our public officials who are our management team. Affordability is a good way consumers can measure whether or not the status quo is working for or against us. As a farm organization, the performance of the ag economy weighs heavily on our assessment. By the vast majority of affordability indicators, consumers are paying more for almost everything we buy. It is no secret the ag economy continues to face the worst financial crisis since the 1980s. Our PAC board believes it is time for a change. We believe Mark Cohen has a unique set of skills and experience to champion the interests of family farm and ranch agriculture and consumers as a whole with badly needed new ideas and energy.”
John Hansen, NEBFARMPAC Secretary said, “Mark Cohen is the first independent candidate our PAC has supported for Congress CD3 since it was formed. His experience in ag law with the 1980s farm crisis financial meltdowns, and his military legal skills and service with distinction make him uniquely qualified to provide CD3 with new energy and fresh new ideas while avoiding many of the pitfalls of partisan politics that have paralyzed Congress. American agriculture has lost far too much money for far too many years for us to blindly repeat old voting habits. If we always do what we have always done, we will continue to get what we have always gotten. That is not a path forward to a better future. That is a sure-fire way to dig the economic hole we are in deeper. It is time for a change. Mark Cohen gives us a long overdue better way to vote for both our values and our pocketbook.”
“Time after time, Congress has failed family farmers and ranchers during this growing economic crisis. This Congress has not done their obvious job to pass an updated and improved Farm Bill for the past three years. Instead, this Congress passed HR1 giving the bulk of the permanent tax breaks to the richest of the rich while poor rural youth and older citizens have seen their eligibility for food and medical assistance reduced. The 47% of Affordable Care Act recipients in rural areas of our state saw the costs of their premiums go up 20 to 26%. Our PAC board felt Mark Cohen is a high quality and independent candidate that has the right set of experience and skills to provide leadership on agricultural and rural issues, and earn the support of all voters in the Third Congressional District,” said Jantzen.
NEBFARMPAC is the political action committee of the Nebraska Farmers Union, which is a non-partisan, not-for-profit general farm organization founded in 1913 with a mission to protect and enhance the quality of life and economic well-being of family farmers and ranchers and their rural communities. NeFU is the respected voice of family farm and ranch agriculture with nearly 4,000 family memberships.