Jackson Urges USDA to Do Its Job

This week, Representative Ronny Jackson (TX-13) sent a letter with bipartisan support to Secretary Vilsack of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging him to “Do his job”

Jackson points out that in September 2021, Congress authorized supplemental disaster relief for agricultural producers who suffered weather-related, catastrophic losses in 2020 and 2021. These reauthorized programs, such as language I authored to extend the Wildfire Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+), provide critical resources to Texas ag producers who help feed and clothe the world, and As of January 2022, the USDA has yet to administer the WHIP+ program.The Biden Administration has yet to administer the WHIP+ program, depriving our farmers of the resources Congress made available to them. The legislative branch did its job, and it is past time the executive branch followed suit.

He go0es on to say “This is bureaucracy at its finest, something I know Texans won’t stand for. I’m glad to join my Texas colleagues in urging Secretary Vilsack to do his job and see this important program through immediately”