WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joined her colleagues in pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for more information about reporting that certain farm loans and loan guarantees must be cleared through Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees.
“We write to express concern about a reported memorandum from the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to require certain farm loans and loan guarantees to be cleared through Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees,” wrote the Senators.
“In addition to raising privacy questions, this change could create delays in FSA loans for qualified borrowers,” the Senators continued. “At a time when financial uncertainty is rising for America’s families and farmers, creating more red tape for customers who often have no other options for credit could prevent farmers from getting crops in the ground, animals fed, or cause a beginning farmer to miss out on the purchase of their first parcel of land.”
Along with Slotkin, the letter was signed by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mark Warner (D-VA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Angus King (I-ME), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tina Smith (D-MN), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Adam Schiff (D-CA).
The full letter is available here.
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