SEN. CLINTON STEPS IN FOR NEW YORK GRAPE PRODUCERS

A bi-partisan coalition of New York’s Congressional Delegation is asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns to provide disaster assistance to grape growers affected by the spring freeze. A letter initiated by Hillary Rodham Clinton asked the USDA Secretary to provide enough money to help grape producers to recover.

"Mother Nature has not been kind to New York's grape growers but the recent adverse weather has come at an especially bad time. We must step in and help our growers, which is why we are urging Secretary Johanns to review and grant this request as quickly as possible," Senator Clinton said. "New York farmers know better than anyone that if their crops can't grow, neither can our economy."