Virginia Foxx: “It's very interesting that I came into the Chamber at this time because my amendment also has to do with Know Your…”

“It's very interesting that I came into the Chamber at this time because my amendment also has to do with Know Your Farmer--Know Your Food. I am very concerned about this program because it is not an authorized program by the Congress. I am very concerned that we have our executive branch off doing all kinds of things that it has no business doing, from fighting wars to running programs that they weren't authorized to run. This program, in my opinion, conducts duplicative marketing methods by taking funds from programs that already exist within USDA through grants and program management activities. {time} 2030 All of these entities within the USDA already have marketing tools to reach out to applicants in the local community and work with them. Programs that issue grants from USDA would not be affected or lose a single cent of funding from my amendment. Let me repeat: Grants and program management activities from USDA do not lose a cent of funding under my amendment. Rather, it would strike the redundant Know Your Farmer--Know Your Food effort by the USDA to advertise their programs and ensure that the money in the grants and in the program management activities would be spent on the activities that are authorized. My staff has been told by people at the USDA that grant issuing and farmer and consumer programs will continue to operate as normal without this duplicative effort. Mr.…”