An amendment to provide the Obama Administration with the flexibility it says it currently does not have to assure federal meat inspectors and other essential employees continue to provide vital services has been introduced in the U.S. Senate.
The amendment to the Senate's bill to fund the federal government for the rest of the year was introduced March 13 by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and was co-sponsored by Nebraska Republican Sens. Mike Johanns and Deb Fischer. Johanns is a former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
Johanns earlier in the week wrote a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pressing him to explain why he didn't do more to with Congress to minimize the impact of sequestration on food safety inspectors and the livestock industry.
The amendment to the Senate's bill to fund the federal government for the rest of the year was introduced March 13 by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and was co-sponsored by Nebraska Republican Sens. Mike Johanns and Deb Fischer. Johanns is a former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
Johanns earlier in the week wrote a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pressing him to explain why he didn't do more to with Congress to minimize the impact of sequestration on food safety inspectors and the livestock industry.
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