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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.
USDA Researchers Seek to Change Funding Method
By Ellyn Ferguson | CQ Roll Call | April 17, 2013
The Agricultural Research Service is ruffling feathers among members of the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees its funding with its proposal to change the way Congress provides money for the agency to build and maintain research centers.
Halbrooks asks Aderholt to support legislation impacting funeral business
Hartselle Enquirer | April 17, 2013
Geoff Halbrooks of Peck Funeral Home in Hartselle recently spent time in Washington, D.C., attending the 2013 National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) Advocacy Summit.
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.
Vilsack Defends Proposed Restructure of International Food Program
By Ellyn Ferguson | CQ Roll Call | April 16, 2013
A skeptical chairman and ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Appropriations panel questioned the merits of the Obama administration’s proposal to transfer $1.4 billion in international food aid from the Agriculture Department.
USAID head says changes needed urgently on US food aid programs, but Congress not on board
Washington Post | April 16, 2013
WASHINGTON — The head of the Obama administration’s international food aid efforts says a proposal to shift the way food is delivered abroad could help an additional 4 million starving people. But there doesn’t appear to be much support for the idea on Capitol Hill.
SPLC, others urge Adherholt to block poultry plant changes
By John Davidson | Gadsden Times | April 16, 2013
Representatives of the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Appleseed Center for Law and Justice and other concerned individuals stood in front of the Federal Building and U.S. Court House in downtown Gadsden on Tuesday to speak out against a proposed change to regulations regarding poultry plants.
Advocates, workers call on U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt to halt poultry plant proposals
By William Thornton | AL.com | April 16, 2013
GADSDEN, Alabama --- Advocates and workers in the poultry industry held a news conference this morning to call on U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt to halt rules changes in the poultry industry that they say would make working conditions harder and reduce food safety.