Sen. Merkley Calls on USDA to Quickly Deliver Food and Farm Assistance Appropriated by Congress
May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020
WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), teamed up with Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), to press USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue to increase the agency's efforts to speed funding for food aid appropriated by Congress to those in need.
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), teamed up with Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), to press USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue to increase the agency's efforts to speed funding for food aid appropriated by Congress to those in need.