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Senators press nominee on rollout and reach of emergency and supplemental farm aid
Summary
Committee members pressed Richard Fordyce on the implementation and equitable distribution of recent emergency commodity and supplemental disaster assistance, specialty-crop access concerns and whether USDA has or can use alternate authorities such as Section 32.
Senators used Richard Fordyce's confirmation hearing to press the nominee about the implementation and reach of emergency and supplemental assistance for producers, focusing on timeliness and equitable access for specialty and uninsured growers.
Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar noted Congress provided $31 billion in economic and disaster assistance for 2023–24 and said roughly half of those funds had reached farmers while "those without crop insurance or farmers with shallow losses are still waiting." She asked Fordyce to use creativity to ensure eligible producers who historically have not…
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