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Senators Durbin, Duckworth, Reps. LaHood & Bustos Call on Trump to Support Peoria Ag Lab and Scrap Plans to Shut its Doors

by Rosemary Piser on March 19, 2018

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CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—March 19, 2018

By: Rosemary Piser

For the second year in a row, Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Representatives Darin LaHood (R-IL-18) and Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17) today to call on President Trump to once again scrap plans to close the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) in Peoria, Illinois – also known as the Peoria Ag…