Farmers and other recipients of Agriculture Department funds are uncertain whether the agency is still paying them for work under a host of federal programs, Democrats handling farm and food policy warned the Trump administration.
Acting Agriculture Secretary Gary Washington must send lawmakers a list of paused or canceled USDA program payments and, if any existed, the legal reasoning for doing so, according to a letter signed by every Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee. Some individuals have been told USDA payments are under a moratorium, according to a separate letter signed by House Agriculture ranking member Angie Craig (D-Minn.) ...