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Amid National Meat Shortage, Rep. Pingree Urges House Leadership to Pass Bipartisan PRIME Act & Support Local Farms
May 15, 2020
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release:

With large processing plants shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the nation facing a meat supply shortage, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) wrote to House Speaker Pelosi urging passage of her bipartisan PRIME Act legislation, which would remove hurdles for small livestock farmers to sell directly to consumers.

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