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Vilsack says Meat Inspector Furloughs will Happen

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Vilsack: Meat Inspector Furloughs Will Happen

Northern Ag Network posted on March 06, 2013 08:29 :: 72 Views




A congressional hearing Tuesday promised to discuss the state of the rural economy, but the vast majority of the hearing was about the state of the sequester.



According to DTN, Members of the House Agriculture Committee highlighted their problems with the way USDA would implement budget cuts. In particular, congressmen wanted assurances from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the one key news item that has been picked up left and right by the national media. They wanted to know that sequester cuts would not disrupt the safety or markets of the meatpacking industry through furloughing meat inspectors.



While Haylie Shipp was in Kissimmee, Florida last week for the 2013 Commodity Classic, Secretary Vilsack held a press conference with the roughly 30 members of the ag media at the show after he spoke to over 6,000 attendees at the general session.



This was the explanation he gave about meat inspector furloughs.
http://www.northernag.net/AGNews/tabid/171/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/7822/Vilsack-Meat-Inspector-Furloughs-Will-Happen.aspx


Vilsack added that the law limits the number of furloughs they can give to any one person to 22 days. So, he says that you could furlough everybody else other than inspectors for 22 days and you’d still have to furlough inspectors to meet the cuts. He also added that with inspectors working and those other furloughed, that the inspectors wouldn’t be able to do their jobs.



As of Friday, Vilsack said that notice letters for those furloughs would start going out this week.
 

TexasBred

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OT weren't you the one that said we don't really need a budget anyway? Gov't shut down in the 90's when Clinton and Gingrich couldn't reach a deal for 21 days. And everybody loves ol' lover boy.
 
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TexasBred said:
OT weren't you the one that said we don't really need a budget anyway? Gov't shut down in the 90's when Clinton and Gingrich couldn't reach a deal for 21 days. And everybody loves ol' lover boy.

YEP and Gingrich lost a lot of support for Repubs over it too....The country turned on him... I doubt we will see that again-as too many R cult politicians remember how bad that hurt...
 

Mike

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Oldtimer said:
TexasBred said:
OT weren't you the one that said we don't really need a budget anyway? Gov't shut down in the 90's when Clinton and Gingrich couldn't reach a deal for 21 days. And everybody loves ol' lover boy.

YEP and Gingrich lost a lot of support for Repubs over it too....The country turned on him... I doubt we will see that again-as too many R cult politicians remember how bad that hurt...

Didn't hurt a bit. It brought forth a BALANCED BUDGET!!!!!! :roll:
 

TexasBred

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Mike said:
Oldtimer said:
TexasBred said:
OT weren't you the one that said we don't really need a budget anyway? Gov't shut down in the 90's when Clinton and Gingrich couldn't reach a deal for 21 days. And everybody loves ol' lover boy.

YEP and Gingrich lost a lot of support for Repubs over it too....The country turned on him... I doubt we will see that again-as too many R cult politicians remember how bad that hurt...

Didn't hurt a bit. It brought forth a BALANCED BUDGET!!!!!! :roll:

Yessir....and without the repubs behind him Gingrich couldn't have gotten it done so I see no rebellion. Dam sure made Clinton look like a genius too. Perhaps Buckwheat should read some recent history.
 

gmacbeef

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Oblamea is going to screw the Democrats the way he is playing this out, & he's too stupid to realize it. Go dumbass go..........
 
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