The rental assistance program would see an increase of $189 million to prevent a large number of poor rural residents from losing their homes.
The WIC program, which many of us consider essential, has been underfunded in recent executive budgets.
The fiscal year 2010 budget for discretionary programs at USDA is $21.25 billion.
Funding for humanitarian food aid has increased by $564 million.
I am disheartened that the administration in this initial budget proposal places little emphasis on ag research and, instead of increasing o...
global food security is one of the most important issues in this subcommittee
long-term care is unpredictable, expensive, uncoordinated, and not integrated with the healthcare system.
reforming our long-term care system is a necessary part of reforming the entire healthcare system.
the Recovery Act passed by Congress contains billions of dollars for one-time funding for public schools.
I initially supported this legislation because it guaranteed increased Federal funding and flexibility in exchange for real accountability f...
Funding levels have fallen billions short of what was authorized, and schools are struggling to meet the law's requirements.