WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Chris Murphy issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, along with U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) reintroduced the Student Loan Forgiveness for Farmers and Ranchers Act (https://www.murphy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/student_loan_forgiveness_for_farmers_and_ranchers_act.pdf), legislation to create a loan forgiveness program for beginning farmers and ranchers, as well as veteran, women, and minority farmers. "Beginning farmers" are those who have under 10 years of experience operating a farm.
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