California Democrats are pressuring the Agriculture Department to stop work on relocating thousands of employees until Congress can comprehensively review and hold hearings on the effort.
Lawmakers wrote to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that USDA’s “projected savings appear speculative at best when weighed against the substantial disruption and potential loss of institutional knowledge” in a Tuesday letter obtained exclusively by Bloomberg Government. The California delegation also questioned why the nation’s biggest agricultural producer wasn’t selected as one of the five regional hubs where Washington, DC-area staff will be sent.
“It is a disservice to our nation to neglect the top ...