February 20, 2019
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Reps. Chellie Pingree and Sanford Bishop last week reintroduced the Agriculture Research Integrity Act of 2019, which would oppose the relocation of the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture outside the nation’s capital.
What’s this about relocating ERS and NIFA?
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue last year proposed moving the two agencies outside Washington, D.C. The proposal hasn’t been without criticism with 56 former USDA and federal statistical agency officials calling for Perdue to abandon plans to relocate the ERS and NIFA. In January, the House unveiled a conference report that directs USDA to “delay indefinitely