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On the recordSeptember 26, 2023
I oppose this amendment. This amendment would prohibit funding for carrying out the recommendations of the interim report of the USDA Equity Commission. The Equity Commission has made 32 initial recommendations on a range of topics such as environmental justice, increasing financial support for minority-serving institutions, and ensuring farmworkers have access to nutrition programs, among other topics. {time} 2350 These recommendations are a great first step toward addressing historic inequities and we should all support them. Therefore, I urge my colleagues to reject this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
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Democratic · Georgia
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