{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/missouri-biodiesel-producers-meet-with-mccaskill-after-her-testimony-on-their-behalf-against-unfair-trade-practices", "Missouri Biodiesel Producers Meet with McCaskill After Her Testimony on Their Behalf Against Unfair Trade Practices", "2017-11-30", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Claire McCaskill", "M001170", "www.mccaskill.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Missouri Biodiesel Producers Meet with McCaskill After Her Testimony on Their Behalf Against Unfair Trade Practices \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Senator and Missouri biodiesel producers discuss need to protect more than 17,000 Missouri jobs \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThursday, November 30, 2017\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill met with Missouri biodiesel producers this week to discuss the important role soybean farmers and biodiesel producers have on Missouri\u2019s economy\u2014which has created and supported more than 17,000 jobs in Missouri\u2014and the importance of standing up against unfair trade practice that harm American companies.\r\nClick HERE for more photos from McCaskill\u2019s meeting.\r\nEarlier this month, McCaskill testified directly to the International Trade Commission\u2014the legal body that decides whether American companies have been harmed\u2014on behalf of Missouri\u2019s biodiesel companies that Missouri workers and businesses have been harmed by the hundreds of millions of gallons of Argentinian and Indonesian biodiesel that are unfairly being dumped into the U.S. markets.\r\n\u201cAgriculture is the cornerstone of Missouri\u2019s economy, and we\u2019ve got to keep it that way.\u201d\u00a0McCaskill said. \u201cI\u2019m going to fight like hell for Missouri farmers and producers to make sure foreign companies and governments aren\u2019t undercutting the markets, because I know when Missourians compete on a level playing field, we are second to none.\u201d\r\nMissouri is the third-largest producer of biodiesel and one of the major producers of soybeans in the United States. These two industries support more than 17,000 jobs in Missouri, with the soybean industry alone creating 3,000 direct jobs and 6,400 indirect jobs in Missouri, adding $1.7 billion in economic benefits to the state.\r\nContinuing her bipartisan advocacy for domestic renewable fuel production, McCaskill joined a bipartisan group of Senators in urging the Trump Administration to continue increasing the Renewable Volume Obligations for biomass-based diesel. The bipartisan effort focuses on encouraging continued development of the biodiesel industry, to increase jobs, spur economic growth and lead to more energy security.\r\nVisit\u00a0mccaskill.senate.gov/jobs\u00a0to learn more about McCaskill\u2019s fight to protect Missouri jobs.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/missouri-biodiesel-producers-meet-with-mccaskill-after-her-testimony-on-their-behalf-against-unfair-trade-practices"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6547609120607376, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}