Last month, Senator Schiff led a letter to the Trump administration urging them to reverse their plan to close USDA offices in California
Washington, D.C. – After urging the Trump administration to reverse its plan to close nine U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offices across California, today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced that eight of the nine offices slated for termination will no longer close their doors.
“Following my call to the Trump administration to reverse their plans to close USDA offices across California, I am pleased to announce that Secretary Rollins has informed me of their work with the General Services Administration (GSA) to ensure that many of these USDA offices will remain open. California is the nation’s largest agricultural state, and these USDA offices are vital for farmers and rural communities to access essential services they rely on,” said Senator Schiff.
“I would like to thank Secretary Rollins for engaging with us to ensure that Californians have access to these crucial services. I will keep pushing the administration to ensure that critical USDA offices in California continue to operate without interruption,” concluded Schiff.
Background:
According to USDA, eight of the nine California USDA offices previously slated for termination by the Trump administration will no longer be closed thanks to Schiff’s efforts. Those eight offices are located in Bakersfield, Blythe, Los Angeles, Madera, Oxnard, Salinas, Woodland, and Yreka. The Mt. Shasta office and newly added Brea office have not been removed from the list of terminations. Schiff will continue to push to ensure that the remaining offices can operate without interruption.
Read Secretary Brooke Rollins’ letter to Sen. Schiff here.
Read Schiff’s letter to the Trump administration urging them to reverse their disastrous plan to close USDA offices in California here.
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