Pat Ryan: “Budget Committee chair Rep. Paul Ryan frequently uses consolidation as justification for cutting funding for WIA and…”

For months, I’ve been pushing at every level to help secure this official Disaster Designation, which will now unlock millions of dollars in emergency loans and resources to help our farmers and growers begin to recover.

We're not doing enough. We don't have the urgency. It – it needs to be a national problem.

Pausing this critical project, without warning or explanation, is a slap in the face to our Hudson Valley community.

The freeze this spring was absolutely devastating to our farmers and growers in the Hudson Valley. Many of our apple growers told me they lost nearly 100% of their crop. Hearing and seeing the damage firsthand made it crystal clear we…