Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R.-W.Va.) issued the following statement about the death of Gus Douglass, the former Agriculture Commissioner of West Virginia:
 

“Gus Douglass brought an unwavering passion and love for life to his decades of work on agriculture policy.  As the longest-serving Agriculture Commissioner in the history of the United States, Gus was tireless advocate for West Virginia’s farmers, agriculture and rural communities. He always put the values of West Virginians before politics and, as a result, was able to accomplish great things for the Mountain State.”

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