WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and 18 of their colleagues in sending a letter (https://www.murray.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/usda-deputy-secretary-vaden-re-reorganization-of-the-food-safety-inspection-service.pdf) to Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Valden raising strong concerns about the plan to reorganize the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
"We write with serious concern regarding the announced reorganization of the Food Safety...