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Witnesses: staffing cuts at USDA Rural Development are slowing approvals and raising costs
Summary
Former officials and current local leaders told a House subcommittee that deep reductions in USDA Rural Development staff have left field offices operating at reduced capacity, delaying project approvals and increasing costs for rural towns.
Members of the House Agriculture subcommittee heard testimony that recent reductions in USDA Rural Development staffing have impaired the agency's ability to process applications and support projects.
"Many state and field offices are currently operating at half capacity," said Deputy Secretary George Small. He added that in some places "it's worse, like Mississippi where 90% of rural development staff were cut last year," and that…
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