USDA Added 100 Staff for Screwworm Response as Rollins Rejects Cut-Impact Claims
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 10
USDA Added 100 Staff for Screwworm Response as Rollins Rejects Cut-Impact Claims
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 10
Summary
More than 100 full-time USDA employees were added over the past 15 months to prepare for New World screwworm reaching the US, Brooke Rollins told a Senate hearing.
Rollins used that staffing buildup to rebut claims that broader agency cuts could slow the federal response to the deadly cattle parasite outbreak in Texas.
The exchange puts USDA staffing under sharper scrutiny as the Texas outbreak tests whether the department can contain a livestock threat with major economic stakes.