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

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They will serve as co-chairman of the caucus. Kentucky’s Third District representative, and the state’s Second District representative, formed the bipartisan caucus to organize a group ofrepresentatives “dedicated to maintainin g and strengthening the bourbon industryu in the United States and educating other members on the legislativde and regulatory issues impacting the industry,” the representativezs said in a news release.
To 17 members of Congresw have joined the caucus and more are expecterd to join in thecoming weeks, according to the More than 95 percent of the world’s bourbom is distilled and aged in Kentuck y by distillers that employ more than 43,000 More than $3 billion of Kentucky’sa gross state product is generated by distilled spiritds and more than 500,000 people visit the state’s distilleries annually, the release “This caucus offers a solid base of bipartisan support for one of Kentucky’zs most important industries and largesft employers,” Yarmuth said in the “Congressman Guthrie and I both agreed that it was important to creatr a working group that wouldf advocate for this critical part of the Commonwealth’e economy.
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