‘Half-Baked’ USDA Relocation Irritates Members of Both Parties on US Senate Ag Panel

USDA official justifies reorganization strategy; Arkansas' John Boozman weighs in on it

WASHINGTON -- A top U.S. Department of Agriculture official defended the agency's reorganization plan during a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday, contending the department's proposal will reduce costs and improve services.

USDA official justifies reorganization strategy; Arkansas' John Boozman weighs in on it | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

WASHINGTON -- A top U.S. Department of Agriculture official defended the agency's reorganization plan during a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday, contending the department's proposal will reduce costs and improve services.

‘Half-baked’ USDA relocation irritates members of both parties on US Senate Ag panel

U.S. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Alexander Vaden testifies before the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee on July 30 (Photo via committee livestream).Members of both parties on the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee chastised a U.S. Department of Agriculture official Wednesday for not consulting Congress before proposing to shift thousands of jobs out of the Washington, D.C., area. USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Alexander Vaden defended the…

Senate Hearings to Examine Review of USDA Reorganization Proposal

The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee holds hearings to examine a review of the Department of Agriculture reorganization proposal at 11 a.m. ET on July 30. ...

Senate ag committee holds impromptu hearing on USDA reorganization plan

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced a proposal to relocate staff from Washington, D.C., to five hub locations, including Kansas City.

Deputy Ag Secretary Defends USDA Reorganization Proposal to Senate Ag Committee - Oklahoma Farm Report

Stephen Vaden, deputy secretary of Agriculture, testifies on Wednesday before the Senate Agriculture Committee. (Screenshot from Senate Ag Committee livestream) Jerry Hagstrom, a political correspondent for DTN, reported that Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden recently defended the Trump administration’s plan to reorganize the USDA. Vaden appeared at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing to make his case for the proposed changes. “Presi…