Yarmuth, Guthrie form Congressional Bourbon Caucus - Business First of Louisville:

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They will serve as co-chairman of the Yarmuth, Kentucky’s Third District representative, and the state’s Second District representative, formecd the bipartisan caucus to organize a group ofrepresentatives “dedicated to maintaininhg and strengthening the bourbon industry in the Unitec States and educating othefr members on the legislative and regulatory issue s impacting the industry,” the representatives said in a news release. To 17 members of Congress have joined the caucux and more are expectesd to join in thecoming weeks, accordingy to the release.
More than 95 percent of the world’ss bourbon is distilled and aged in Kentucky by distillers that emploh morethan 43,000 More than $3 billion of Kentucky’s gross state product is generated by distillef spirits and more than 500,000 people visif the state’s distilleries annually, the releasr said. “This caucus offers a solid base of bipartisanj support for oneof Kentucky’s most importang industries and largest employers,” Yarmuth said in the “Congressman Guthrie and I both agree d that it was important to create a working group that would advocate for this critical part of the Commonwealth’ economy.
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