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April 25, 2013

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04), Chairman of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, Mr. Michael Scuse; Administrator for the Farm Service Agency, Mr. Juan Garcia; Administrator for the Foreign Agricultural Service, Ms. Suzanne Heinen; Administrator for the Risk Management Agency, Mr.

April 24, 2013

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04), Chairman of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, Ms. Ann Mills; Acting Chief for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Mr. Jason Weller; and USDA Budget Director Mr. Mike Young testified before the Subcommittee.

April 24, 2013

Washington, D.C.— Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04), Chairman of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development, Mr. Doug O’Brien; Acting Administrator for the Rural Utility Service, Mr. John Padalino; Acting Administrator for the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Ms. Lillian Salerno; Administrator for the Rural Housing Service, Ms.

April 19, 2013
Congressional Staff On-Site to Assist Constituents with Federal Casework
April 19, 2013
Congressional Staff On-Site to Assist Constituents with Federal Casework
April 18, 2013

Washington, D.C.— Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04), Chairman of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Mr. Ed Avalos, Acting Administrator for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Mr. Kevin Shea, Administrator for the Agricultural and Marketing Service Mr.

April 17, 2013

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04), Chairman of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics and Chief Scientist Dr. Catherine Wotecki, Administrator of the National Agriculture Statistics Service Dr. Cynthia Clark, Administrator of the Economic Research Service Dr.

April 16, 2013
Demands answers on the administration's lack of investment in agriculture exports, creative accounting and false savings
April 12, 2013

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04), member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on the House Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded the State of Alabama a $1,340,171 grant for the Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

April 12, 2013

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04), Chairman of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Subcommittee on the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler and Commissioner Scott O’Malia (who provided a dissenting opinion to the CFTC’s FY14 budget request) testified before the Subcommittee regarding CFTC’s priorities and FY14 budget request of $315 million, a 53 percent increase over the current levels and a 44 percen