by
Brad Woodhouse and Jennifer Adams
EVENT: NEWS CONFERENCE - LEAGUE OF RURAL VOTERS, AMERICANS UNITED, AMERICAN CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL FARMERS UNION AND AMERICANS UNITED TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY
SUBJECT: League of Rural Voters, Americans United, American Corn Growers Association, National Farmers Union and Americans United to Protect Social Security hold a news conference to announce a major Social Security effort in rural America. The effort will represent the most significant and organized activity to date to educate the public and the Congress about the importance of Social Security in rural communities and to protect it from privatization schemes or other proposals which would undermine the most important safety net in rural areas for retirees, survivors and the disabled.
LOCATION: 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building -- June 15, 2005
PARTICIPANTS: Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.; Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.; Rep. Bob Etheridge, D-N.C.; Rep. Stephanie Herseth, D-S.D.; Niel Ritchie, League of Rural Voters; Curtis Inabinett, Federation of Southern Cooperatives; and Larry Mitchell, American Corn Growers Association
CONTACT: Brad Woodhouse or Jennifer Adams, 202-955-1002Federal News Service, Inc.
