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WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted 84-8 Tuesday to confirm Xochitl Torres Small as deputy secretary of the Agriculture Department, a post in which she will act as chief operating officer
The Senate is expected to approve a new deputy secretary for USDA this week as lawmakers return from their July 4 break facing a backlog of fiscal 2024 spending bills heading into the August recess.
The Agriculture Department’s new Equity Commission is seeking the public’s comments after its interim report called for more diversity on related county boards as part of “closing the racial wealth gap and addressing longstanding inequities in agriculture.”
On Thursday, May 18, the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies held a business meeting to markup Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Bill.