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USDA tells committee disaster-relief and emergency commodity payments are rolling out; members push for faster timelines
Summary
Secretary Rollins told the House subcommittee that USDA has begun moving emergency commodity and economic assistance payments and expects disaster relief disbursements to begin by the end of the month; lawmakers pressed for specifics on block grants and state agreements.
WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Subcommittee pressed the U.S. Department of Agriculture over timelines and administration of disaster-relief payments while the department said work to move funds is underway.
Secretary Brooke Rollins told the subcommittee that payments tied to the emergency commodity assistance program and a $10 billion economic assistance set-aside were being processed and that the department was “working to get” the remaining disaster funds out. "We have moved so quickly on ECAP. It went out in 3 months," Rollins said, adding that disaster-relief block grants…
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