{"id":29040,"date":"2026-01-06T11:56:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=29040"},"modified":"2026-01-06T11:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:56:40","slug":"sen-ossoff-working-across-aisle-to-support-georgia-cotton-growers","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-working-across-aisle-to-support-georgia-cotton-growers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Working Across Aisle to Support Georgia Cotton Growers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C. <\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to help Georgia cotton growers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff is co-sponsoring the bipartisan Buying American Cotton Act of 2025<\/em> to incentivize retailers to purchase products made with U.S. cotton and boost demand for Georgia cotton. The bipartisan bill, led by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), would provide a tax credit to companies when they sell cotton products that are made from cotton grown in the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the University of Georgia, Georgia consistently ranks as a top U.S producer of cotton, producing an estimated 2 million bales of cotton<\/a> every year. The cotton industry contributes around $3 billion annually<\/a> to Georgia\u2019s economy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia farmers are facing increasingly challenging economic conditions due to high costs of production, low market prices, tariffs, and heightened global competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGeorgia\u2019s cotton growers are essential to our state\u2019s economy,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said. <\/strong>\u201cThis bipartisan legislation will help bolster Georgia cotton production and give our growers a competitive edge over global competitors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff continues working to support Georgia\u2019s agricultural industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November, Sen. Ossoff cosponsored<\/a> the bipartisan Securing American Agriculture Act <\/em>to decrease dependence on China for agricultural imports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September, Sen. Ossoff joined<\/a> lawmakers across the aisle to urge the United States Trade Representative to prioritize American pecan producers in ongoing trade negotiations with India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, Sen. Ossoff cosponsored<\/a> the bipartisan United States Citrus Protection Act<\/em> alongside Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) to support and protect Georgia\u2019s citrus growers by banning imports of fresh citrus from China, which can often undercut domestic citrus producers and hurt the rapidly growing citrus industry in Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December 2024, Sen. Ossoff successfully fought<\/a> to pass a bipartisan disaster relief package that included $21 billion in agricultural disaster funding to help Georgia farmers recovering from the disastrous impacts of Hurricane Helene and farmers nationwide impacted by natural disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to read the Buying American Cotton Act<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to help Georgia cotton growers.  Sen. Ossoff is co-sponsoring the bipartisan Buying American Cotton Act of 2025 to incentivize retailers to purchase products made with U.S. cotton and boost demand for Georgia cotton. The bipartisan bill, led by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), would provide a tax […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29040","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29041,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29040\/revisions\/29041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}