Bi Partisan Senate Vote To Disapprove Usda Catfish Program Youtube The senate today voted to reverse farm bill law and shut down the usda’s catfish inspection program. the 55 to 43 vote was a win for sens. john mccain, r ariz., kelly ayotte, r n.h., and jeanne. Several bipartisan attempts to repeal the catfish inspection program have previously failed. today's vote occurred after sens. warner and kaine, along with a bipartisan group of colleagues, introduced a repeal resolution under the congressional review act, which allows new regulations to be overturned through a joint resolution of disapproval.
Senators Fight Over Controversial Catfish Inspection Program Abc News Vote smart provides free, unbiased, in depth information about current officials, candidates, issues, legislation, and voting. non partisan and nonprofit since 1988. Usda's own food safety experts declare that catfish, both domestic and imported, is a "low risk" food. at a time when congress needs to find places to save money, the usda catfish inspection program fits the bill for elimination. usda has estimated that this program will cost $30 million to set up and $15 million per year to operate. But a provision tucked into the 2008 farm bill designed to privilege mississippi delta catfish farmers required usda, which inspects meat and poultry products, to set up a separate program for the sole purpose of inspecting catfish. the resulting usda catfish inspection rule, which began to take effect in march of this year, requires seafood. **bipartisan effort aimed to eliminate program that wastes millions of taxpayer dollars** you can watch senator shaheen’s full remarks here . (washington, dc) – u.s. senator jeanne shaheen (d nh) today is leading an effort in the senate to end the duplicative and wasteful u.s. department of agriculture (usda) catfish inspection program.
Senator Fischer Repeal The Usda Catfish Program Youtube But a provision tucked into the 2008 farm bill designed to privilege mississippi delta catfish farmers required usda, which inspects meat and poultry products, to set up a separate program for the sole purpose of inspecting catfish. the resulting usda catfish inspection rule, which began to take effect in march of this year, requires seafood. **bipartisan effort aimed to eliminate program that wastes millions of taxpayer dollars** you can watch senator shaheen’s full remarks here . (washington, dc) – u.s. senator jeanne shaheen (d nh) today is leading an effort in the senate to end the duplicative and wasteful u.s. department of agriculture (usda) catfish inspection program. (washington, dc) – a bipartisan group of lawmakers from both the senate and house are taking on a particularly wasteful use of taxpayer dollars today by introducing legislation to amend the food, conservation, and energy act (2008 farm bill). the new legislation would repeal a redundant program tasked with inspecting and grading catfish. U.s. sens. mark r. warner and tim kaine comment after the senate voted 55 43 to repeal the usda catfish inspection program.
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