Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17), along with Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Congressman Danny Davis (IL-07), and Congresswoman Mary Miller (IL-15) wrote a letter urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide relief to farmers and ranchers suffering from severe drought by initiating the process for permitting emergency haying and grazing on Conservation Reserve Program acres.
Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) introduced bipartisan legislation with Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (IA-02) to preserve and restore the Driftless Area between Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.