Rep. Jackson Sends Letter Demanding Answers from USDA on Failed Emergency Relief Program
Washington,
December 6, 2023
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Agriculture
WASHINGTON, DC — On Wednesday, Congressmen Ronny Jackson (TX-13), Jodey Arrington (TX-19), and August Pfluger (TX-11), along with Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS), led a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack addressing his failure to properly administer much needed disaster assistance payments to agricultural producers for crop losses in the 2022 crop year. The letter follows the USDA announcing misguided changes to the Emergency Relief Program (ERP), a program meant to provide financial assistance to America’s farmers and ranchers for agriculture losses due to natural disasters. This announcement came less than one month after Congressman Jackson called on USDA to release information on their plan to distribute disaster assistance nearly a year after funds were appropriated. The full letter can be found here. Co-signers include Majority Leader Steve Scalise (LA-01), Frank Lucas (OK-03), Rick Crawford (AR-01), David Rouzer (NC-07), Don Bacon (NE-02), Dusty Johnson (SD-at-Large), Jim Baird (IN-04), Tracey Mann (KS-01), Barry Moore (AL-02), Brad Finstad (MN-01), Monica De La Cruz (TX-15), Mark Alford (MO-04), Troy Nehls (TX-22), Mike Flood (NE-01), Scott Franklin (FL-18), Julia Letlow (LA-05), Keith Self (TX-03), Roger Williams (TX-25), Kay Granger (TX-12), Jake Ellzey (TX-06), Pete Sessions (TX-17), Byron Donalds (FL-19), Lauren Boebert (CO-03), Jake LaTurner (KS-02), Dan Crenshaw (TX-02), Lance Gooden (TX-05), Wesley Hunt (TX-38), Mike Ezell (MS-4), Ralph Norman (SC-5), Stephanie Bice (OK-05), Nathanial Moran (TX-01), Michael Guest (MS-03), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), John Rose (TN-06), Adrian Smith (NE-03), Morgan Luttrell (TX-08), Brian Babin (TX-36), Rick Allen (GA-12), Cliff Bentz (OR-02), Michael McCaul (TX-10), Russell Fry (SC-07), Kate Cammack (FL-03), Randy Weber (TX-14), Michelle Fischbach (MN-07), John Moolenaar (MI-02), Michael Cloud (TX-27), John Carter (TX-31), Greg Steube (FL-17), Mike Kelly (PA-16), Ron Estes (KS-04), Virginia Foxx (NC-05), Michael Burgess (TX-26), Chip Roy (TX-21), Beth Van Duyne (TX-24), Pat Fallon (TX-04), and Tony Gonzales (TX-23), and Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Deb Fischer (R-NE), James Lankford (R-OK), and Pete Ricketts (R-NE). ### |