Davis Abandons Tennessee Farmers for DC Lobbyists
Statement
Davis Abandons Tennessee Farmers for DC Lobbyists
In a statement released today, Tennessee Fourth District Congressional Candidate Monty Lankford criticized Congressman Lincoln Davis for stepping down from the House Committee on Agriculture.
"This is a rural district and small farmers are the backbone of the local economy," said Lankford. "Dropping off the Agriculture Committee leaves Tennessee without a voice on that important committee." [1]
Davis' sole committee is now the House Committee on Financial Services, which the Center for Responsive Politics considers "a big money' panel, with jurisdiction over commercial banks and savings and loans that traditionally have been very generous with their campaign contributions to committee members." Davis has already raise $110,686 this cycle from Washington Special Interests affected by the Committee.[2] [3]
"Lincoln Davis' decision to leave the Ag Committee is good for his fundraising and good for his gubernatorial campaign," said Lankford. "Unfortunately, it's disastrous for Tennessee. The Ag Committee has jurisdiction over a large amount of economic policy that directly affects many small towns throughout the Fourth District. Sadly, Lincoln Davis has chosen his own future over the future of hardworking Tennessee families in these trying economic times." [4]
Lankford pledged that he would try for a post on the Agriculture Committee if he is elected to Congress in November. "Agriculture isn't very glamorous, but it's the life blood of middle and eastern Tennessee," Lankford said. "This is more proof that Lincoln Davis has forgotten who he represents and who elected him."
Monty Lankford and his wife, Shalia, live on a farm in Franklin and have five grown children and five grandchildren. Growing up in a family of preachers, Monty worked his way through Free Will Baptist Bible College as a welder. He founded his own company, TLC Medical, in 1996. TLC Medical currently has 12 locations across Tennessee, 5 of which are in the Fourth District, and employs approximately 50 people.
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