Joint Oversight Hearing on Severe Food Distribution Shortages in Tribal and Elderly Communities

House Agriculture Committee and House Appropriations Committee (joint hearing) · September 11, 2024

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Chair opens joint hearing, names witnesses (tribal leaders Daryl G. Seake, Martie Wofford, Mary Green Trottier) and allows non‑subcommittee members to participate by unanimous consent; sets 3‑minute member statements. Chair frames hearing as oversight of USDA failures affecting FDPIR and CSFP.

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Joint House Agriculture and Appropriations hearing on supply-chain failures that disrupted the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP); tribal leaders described months of missed, partial and expired deliveries and urged regional sourcing and expanded tribal self-determination; USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack acknowledged failures and outlined short-, mid- and long-term steps.

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