Members of both parties on the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee this week chastised a U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

Senate Democrats slammed the Agriculture Department’s decision to decentralize its operations and relocate employees based in ...

With the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announcing a major reorganization plan, lawmakers met to grill Deputy ...

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden today vigorously defended the Trump administration’s proposal to reorganize the Agriculture Department at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing. “President ...

During a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Ben Ray Luján questioned USDA Deputy Secretary, Stephen ...

The plan, released last week by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, would eliminate the Forest Service’s nine regional ...

The surprise reorg announcement last week was a flash point at a hearing Thursday, where senators expressed displeasure about ...

Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden took questions from the Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday after the agency ...

During a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) asked USDA Deputy Secretary, Stephen ...

The plan is not yet finalized and still subject to change, USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden repeatedly stressed to members ...

During a Senate hearing, Stephen Vaden said the agency’s plan to move employees out of DC will reduce costs; senators ...

After USDA announced it was moving many of its staff out of Washington, D.C. and into Indianapolis and four other regional hub locations, USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden appeared before the Senate ...