Events
Provided are the presentations and remarks from elected officials from the Corn Belt Ports annual event hosted by the Mid-America Port Commission in Quincy, IL on 15 February 2024.
Purpose: The Corn Belt Ports meeting was to share information amongst stakeholders, network and help build a common unified vision for the Mid-America Port Commission region.
Date: 15 February 2024
Location: Quincy Illinois
- Corn Belt Ports Annual Agenda 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Tri-State Update and Way Forward 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Corn Belt Ports Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- National Science Foundation Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Maritime Administration (MARAD) update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Upper Mississippi River Basin Association (UMRBA) 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Mid America Port Commission Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Marine Transportation Program, Illinois Department of Transportation Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Administrator of Freight and Waterways, at Missouri Department of Transportation Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Lewis County Port Authority Update (LINK)
- Pike Lincoln County Port Authority Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Marion-Ralls Regional Port Authority Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
Purpose: The Corn Belt Ports meeting was to share information amongst stakeholders, network and help build a common unified vision for the Mid-America Port Commission region.
Date: 15 February 2024
Location: Quincy Illinois
- Corn Belt Ports Annual Agenda 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Remarks by Elected Officials 15 Feb 24
- IL Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton – Remarks (LINK)
- Senator Tammy Duckworth (IL) – Remarks (LINK)
- Senator Dick Durbin (IL) – Remarks (LINK)
- Senator Eric Schmitt (MO) – Remarks (LINK)
- Senator Chuck Grassley (IA) – Written Comments (LINK)
- Senator Tammy Baldwin (WI) – Remarks provided during the Northern Grain Belt Ports Annual Meeting (Oct 23) – (LINK)
- Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-1) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congressman Sam Graves (MO-6) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (IA-2) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congresswoman Mary Miller (IL-15) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-1) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-7) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-3) – Remarks (LINK)