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Rural Town Hall: Bobby Jindal

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Channel: RFD-TV · 2015 · Entertainment

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LOUISIANA GOVERNOR BOBBY JINDAL ANSWERS KEY QUESTIONS FOR RURAL AMERICANS ON RFD-TV’S RURAL TOWN HALL

Rural America’s Most Important Network Celebrates Successful Launch of New Series, Rural Town Hall

(NASHVILLE, TN – JULY 27, 2015) RFD-TV News announced today the successful launch of the new series, RURAL TOWN HALL, featuring presidential candidate Louisiana Governor, Bobby Jindal. The closed production taping featured pre-selected questions solicited from key agricultural organizations and viewers. Audience members included constituents from agricultural non-profits and organizations such as the AARP, Iowa Pork Producers, the American Soybean Association, Louisiana Farm Bureau, Growth Energy, FFA, 4-H, farmers and ranchers. Throughout the one-hour forum the Governor outlined his vision for rural America related to questions concerning ethanol and biodiesel fuels, biotechnology and GMO’s, education, and transportation infrastructure.

Highlights from the hour-long forum included select questions presented by attending agricultural organizations for the Governor.

Monte Shaw from America’s Renewable Future and Iowa’s Renewable Fuels Association addressed the Governor concerning biotechnology and the economy specific to the Renewable Fuel Standard, and asked if the Governor would keep the RFS in place through 2022. 

Linh Ta of the Des Moines Register questioned the Governor about his disavowment of the Common Core in education and asked what steps he is taking to ensure students graduate from Louisiana high schools, ready to successfully enter the workforce. 

Mediacom’s Jeff Angelo questioned the Governor about the FCC’s announcement to start regulating the Internet according to the rules established in the 1930’s for telephone companies. 

Iowa Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Dan Hanrahan spoke on behalf of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and posed a question concerning transportation issues related to both the cattle and agriculture industries. Hanrahan asked the Governor what ideas he might introduce to rebuild or enhance America’s roads, rails and waterways. 

American Soybean Association’s president and farmer Ray Gaesser asked for the Governor’s stance on agricultural biotechnology and GMOs, and whether he supported a uniform federal policy on food labeling. 

RURAL TOWN HALL is produced in conjunction with Mediacom Connections Channel and the Des Moines Register, this is the first in a series of one-hour prime-time specials focused on rural American issues in advance of the 2016 presidential election. All presidential candidates are expected to participate in this important forum over the coming weeks. 

RURAL TOWN HALL is conducted in a town hall format in front of a live audience. The program will air in nearly 50 million homes on RFD-TV. Check local listings for RFD-TV on Mediacom.

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