FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 20, 2025
Hueytown, AL — Congressional candidate Case Dixon today responded to reports that President Trump suggested importing beef from Argentina to combat rising prices and to help the foreign country, saying the Argentine people are “fighting for their life.” Dixon stated that America’s own cattle producers are fighting for their livelihoods — and that Washington should stand with them first.
“Our cattlemen are in a fight of their own — to keep their land, keep their business, and provide for their families,” Dixon said. “The best way to help American producers and consumers is to get Washington out of the way.”
Dixon said that in Congress he would cosponsor the Processing Revitalization and Intrastate Meat Exemption (PRIME) Act, bipartisan legislation to cut federal red tape that limits small-scale meat processors. The reform would allow cattle producers and farmers nationwide to sell beef and other meats processed at state-inspected or custom facilities directly to local consumers, restaurants, and grocery stores — expanding choice and competition while lowering prices naturally.
He also called for restoring Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (MCOOL) so families know exactly where their food comes from — not as a restriction on trade, but as a matter of truth and transparency.
“When independent producers can process and sell locally, prices come down naturally,” Dixon continued. “That’s not protectionism — that’s freedom. We shouldn’t rely on foreign imports to fix what government regulation broke in the first place.”
Dixon criticized his opponent for refusing to back the same reforms.
“My opponent has been in Congress for years and still hasn’t cosponsored the PRIME Act,” Dixon said. “If he won’t fight for Alabama’s cattlemen now, why should anyone believe he’ll start later?”
Dixon said the federal government’s role should be to clear the path for honest competition, not pick winners and losers.
“We don’t need another top-down plan from Washington. We need bottom-up freedom,” he said. “Let America’s farmers and cattlemen compete.”
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