Washington, Sept. 8 -- Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro issued the following press release:
Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate how the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is handing out over $12 billion in trade-war relief through the Farmer Bridge Assistance and Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers programs.
A 2021 GAO report found that a similar agricultural tariff relief program - administered under President Trump's first term - disproportionately favored the largest agribusinesses and foreign-owned conglomerates.
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