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Tuesday, April 08, 2025
USDA disaster aid programs are becoming more fleet of foot, owing in good part to Congress’ incremental moves in recent years away from ad hoc assistance and toward putting emergency aid programs into permanent law.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2017 – President Donald Trump today said he’s ordering the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) to declare the opioid epidemic a national “public health emergency” but he failed to earmark any new money to deal with the crisis.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 – President Trump is expected to announce his long-awaited declaration that the opioid epidemic is a national emergency any day now, and Anne Hazlett says USDA is prepared to follow any further orders the president issues to deal with the crisis.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 - USDA is providing $12 million to enable dairy operators in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico to purchase emergency feed for their cattle.