WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
Washington, D.C.-U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today said they joined their Senate Democratic colleagues Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Peter Welch, D-Vt., Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, in raising strong concerns about the Trump administration's plan to reorganize the Rural Development mission area at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
"Rural Development is a unique division within the Department, supporting agriculture and ensuring that rural communities prosper by administering grants and loans to support rural businesses, ...