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U.S. Sen. John Boozman (R-Arkansas) at a Feb. 16, 2023, meeting of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. (Photo courtesy of Boozman press office)

U.S. Senate panel spars over elevated food assistance spending in upcoming farm bill
BY: - February 17, 2023

WASHINGTON – Members of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee split along party lines Thursday as they tussled over financial accountability in farm bill nutrition programs.  The main point of contention was the Department of Agriculture’s 2021 changes to the Thrifty Food Plan, one of four food plans the USDA develops to estimate […]

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