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White House requests new USDA funding, legal authority to cope with pandemic

03/18/20 12:09 PM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS Agricultural Marketing Service Agriculture Department ams Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service aphis coronavirus covid-19 Farm Service Agency Food Safety and Inspection Service Forest Service FSA FSIS marketing assistance loans meat inspectors pandemic REAP rural development Rural Energy for America Program usda
The White House is asking Congress for $45.8 billion to cover the rising cost to the Agriculture Department and other departments and agencies of responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
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