WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on the Merit System Protection Board ordering the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to temporarily reinstate fired probationary employees.
“This decision is an important but temporary step to help the Department of Agriculture continue to serve rural communities and farmers. It is one thing to institute reforms. It is another to gut services and stop or delay work on avian flu, wildfires, rural hospitals and infrastructure projects, farm loans, and disaster relief. USDA should immediately comply with this order.”
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