Sens. Menendez, Booker Join Bipartisan Call for USDA to Target Relief to Local Farmers in New COVID-19 Food Assistance Program
May 02, 2020
May 02, 2020
NEWARK, New Jersey, May 2 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in urging the USDA to ensure COVID-19 relief provisions are targeted to reach local farmers in the new Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). USDA created CFAP to administer relief Congress provided in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. While the CARES Act . . .
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in urging the USDA to ensure COVID-19 relief provisions are targeted to reach local farmers in the new Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). USDA created CFAP to administer relief Congress provided in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. While the CARES Act . . .