WASHINGTON DC (July 11, 2019) — House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chair Marcia L Fudge of Ohio sent a letter Thursday to Naomi Earp, current Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the US Department of Agriculture, on issues related to socially-disadvantaged farmers. The letter urges Earp, who awaits Senate confirmation as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, to address USDA’s past, present, and future relationship with black farmers and

WASHINGTON DC (July 10, 2019) — Senate Finance Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley released the following statement regarding the release of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Special Compliance Personnel Program Annual Report.

WASHINGTON DC (July 10, 2019) — Puerto Rico residents continuing to recover from 2017’s hurricanes could be eligible for increased nutrition assistance funded by Congress and provided through a grant from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). This temporary assistance will be distributed through Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) beginning as early as August. NAP is administered by USDA and is operated by the Commonwealth’s Department of the Family.

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 10, 2019) — Election officials and state executives from around the nation will converge in Iowa in 2021 as the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) holds its annual summer conference in Des Moines. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate developed the successful bid presentation and pitched it to his colleagues, with assistance from Catch Des Moines.