Agriculture Department Appropriations
Secretary Venneman and other Agriculture Department officials testified about the department’s proposed fiscal year 2005 budget of $82 billi… read more
Secretary Venneman and other Agriculture Department officials testified about the department’s proposed fiscal year 2005 budget of $82 billion in spending, an increase of $4 billion, or about 5 percent, above levels for FY 2004. Topics discussed included protecting the food supply form terrorists and from disease, the department’s reaction to BSE, increased importation of food and loss of jobs, conservation measures, nutrition research and education, obesity, and food assistance programs. close
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