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Don Payne, Jr.'s Public Statements on Issue: Agriculture and Food

Deceased

Date Title
07/15/2022 Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Samantha Power, Administrator for the US Agency for International Development - Congressmen Krishnamoorthi And Blumenauer Call On Biden Administration To Scale-Up Response To Global Food Insecurity
03/03/2022 Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Warner & Kaine Urge Changes to SNAP Benefits Guidance to Address Food Insecurity among Students
06/18/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Reps. Crawford, Kildee Lead Bipartisan Effort to Increase Access to Healthy Food During Coronavirus Pandemic
06/01/2020 Letter to Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of U.S. Department of Labor, Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Reps. Fudge, Cleaver Lead Fellow Lawmakers Urging HHS, USDA & DOL to Provide Protections For Workers in Meat Processing Plants
04/02/2020 Letter to Jovita Carranza , Admin. of the Small Business Administration - Stanton Calls on Small Business Administration to Extend Coronavirus Relief to Arizona Farmers
01/14/2020 Letter to Robert Lighthizer, Ambassador for U.S. Trade Representative - Co-Chairs Thompson, Newhouse, 106 Wine Caucus Members Urge USTR Not to Target Wine in Trade Disputes
08/20/2019 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - Booker, Menendez Lead NJ Lawmakers in Opposing USDA Proposal to Restrict SNAP Benefits
08/19/2019 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - Menendez, Booker, Sires, Payne Call on USDA to Help Administer Lead Blood Screenings in Newark
08/16/2019 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - Menendez, Booker, Sires, Payne Urge USDA to Expand SNAP and WIC Benefits to Support Newark Residents Affected by Lead in Drinking Water
08/08/2019 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Rep. Sewell, Sen. Sanders, 130+ Members of Congress Urge Trump Administration to Reverse Food Assistance Rule
08/30/2018 Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member, the Hon. Michael Conaway, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and the Hon. Collin Peterson - House Dems Oppose Restricting Access to SNAP
08/27/2018 Letter to Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member, Representative Michael Conaway, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and Representative Collin Peterson, Ranking Member - Environmental Concerns in Farm Bill
05/25/2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Support FDA Push to Reduce Nicotine in Cigarettes
03/26/2018 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Boyle and Smith Lead Bipartisan Letter to USDA Opposing Plan to Outsource Oversight of Bedrock Animal Welfare Law
03/15/2018 Letter to Chairman Aderholt and Ranking Member Bishop - Preserve Funding for Critical Nutrition Program for Seniors
11/02/2017 Letter to the Hon. Elaine C. Duke, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Implementation of Agro-Terror Protections
09/01/2017 Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Protect Americans from Deadly Pesticides
04/05/2017 Letter to the Hon. Robert Aderholt, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, the Hon. Sanford Bishop, Ranking Member - Help Life-Science Start-Ups Navigate Regulatory Process
12/01/2016 Letter to the Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Dr. Cathie Woteki, Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics - Call for Support for the U.S. Brewing Industry
10/31/2016 Letter to the Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Plan to Launch Online Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Transactions Pilot Program
05/16/2016 Letter to Chairman John Kline and Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, US House Committee on Education and the Workforce - House Child Nutrition Bill
05/16/2016 Letter to John Kline, Chairman of US House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Todd Rokita Chairman of Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, Robert Scott, Ranking Member of US House Committee on Education and the Workforce; Marcia Fudge, Ranking Member on Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education - Payne, Jr. Joins More than 100 Members of Congress in Expressing Concerns with House Child Nutrition Bill
08/21/2014 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Executive Action on Poverty
08/13/2013 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives - SNAP Funding
08/02/2013 Letter to Ranking Member Collin Peterson, House Committee on Agriculture - Reject Rep. King's Provision on Farm Bill
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