Washington, Sept. 17 -- Congressman Steny H. Hoyer issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, DC -Today, U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer (MD-05),Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Sanford Bishop (GA-02), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), and Glenn Ivey (MD-04) along with U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-MD) sent a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture demanding answers the Department's decision to shutter all research related toCyclosporain the midst of the largest outbreak in history and plans to close BARC, the largest and most diversified agricultural research complex in the world. The lawmakers urged USDA to reverse course.Cyclosporahas sickened nearly 20,000 Americans, hospitalized over 1,000 and killed at ...