WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Adam Schiff issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, pressed U.S. Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Brooke Rollins on her commitment to increasing assistance for specialty crop farmers.
During his questioning, Schiff pushed Rollins to respond to the need for support for specialty crop farmers for recent market disruptions, disaster assistance, and recent outbreaks of pests and disease. Following Schiff's questioning, Secretary Rollins responded that the USDA has more than doubled the original funding for market relief assistance to specialty crop farmers, extended the deadline for farm...