WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led his Senate Democratic colleagues to sound the alarm over the Trump Administration's staff cuts at critical U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies that oversee food and agriculture systems and respond to threats such as the New World Screwworm across the United States-the Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS), and the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). For the first time in 60 years, New World screwworm was detected in America, and these vital agencies are on the frontlines of our nation's rapid response.
The Senators' letter stressed the importance of A...