December 7, 2020

National Chicken Council welcomes incoming chairman of US House Agriculture Committee

Mike Brown, the president of National Chicken Council (US), has congratulated US congressman David Scott who was appointed as the next chairman of the House Agriculture Committee for the 117th Congress of the United States.

"On behalf of the chicken industry, I want to congratulate Congressman Scott on being named the next chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, a historic achievement as the first African American and first Georgia House member to ever hold the position," said Brown.

"As a veteran of the committee and a long-time member of the Congressional Chicken Caucus, (Scott) brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of agricultural issues to the chairmanship. We look forward to working with him in the 117th Congress on matters of importance to our industry."

Currently in his ninth term, Scott represents Georgia's 13th Congressional District, which includes six counties around metro Atlanta: Cobb, Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton and Henry.

Georgia is the number one broiler producing state in the country, and broilers are the number one agricultural commodity in the state, accounting for 47% of all agricultural sales, totaling US$4.49 billion, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service's (NASS) 2017 Census of Agriculture.

Scott was originally elected to the House of Representatives in 2002 and has served on the Agriculture Committee in every Congress since.

He began his public service by being elected to the Georgia General Assembly in 1974.

- National Chicken Council