In honor of Agriculture Legislative Day yesterday, I spoke on HR 177, a resolution I filed to urge Congress and President Trump to move the United States Department of Agriculture to central Illinois.
Central Illinois is the logical home for the USDA, as we are home to major agricultural research institutions, agribusinesses, key agriculture transportation, food processing companies, and hard-working families.
Crops don’t grow in a swamp, they grow in the fertile plains of central Illinois. It’s time we put the USDA in a place where people plant crops, not push paper.