Patrick Leahy said "I support a reorganization of USDA which would streamline the 43 separate agencies and better coordinate the 250 individual programs under its authority. I do not believe the Department, as it is presently structured, is adequately prepared to fulfill its future responsibilities. The bureaucratic maze is in desperate need of repair, but I do not want organizational changes to occur at the expense of the quality of services provided to our farmers. In today's atmosphere, helping solve a farmer's groundwater problem is as important to keeping them in business as is maintaining the level of the support price." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 13, 1994

I support a reorganization of USDA which would streamline the 43 separate agencies and better coordinate the 250 individual programs under its authority. I do not believe the Department, as it is presently structured, is adequately prepared to fulfill its future responsibilities. The bureaucratic maze is in desperate need of repair, but I do not want organizational changes to occur at the expense of the quality of services provided to our farmers. In today's atmosphere, helping solve a farmer's groundwater problem is as important to keeping them in business as is maintaining the level of the support price.

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Patrick Leahy

Democratic · Vermont

Source

govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the reorganization of the USDA and its impact on farmers.

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