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Derrick Van Orden and Tom Tiffany Voted for a Budget That Locks In the Loss of Food Inspectors. Food Safety Complaints Had Just Jumped 40%.

Derrick Van Orden and Tom Tiffany Voted for a Budget That Locks In the Loss of Food Inspectors. Food Safety Complaints Had Just Jumped 40%.

The FDA has lost nearly 4,300 employees and USDA's meat inspection service about 900 since the start of 2025. On June 4, both Wisconsin Republicans voted for a bill cutting the agriculture and FDA budget another 1.4% — one that, in the Appropriations Committee's own words, reduces salaries and expenses 'to account for staffing reductions.'

Dan Sullivan Sold Up to $100,000 of His Family's Stock After Closed-Door COVID Briefings. Two Weeks Later It Fell by a Third.

Dan Sullivan Sold Up to $100,000 of His Family's Stock After Closed-Door COVID Briefings. Two Weeks Later It Fell by a Third.

A review of Sullivan's Senate disclosures finds four well-timed sales of RPM International — the chemical company his brother runs — including one on February 27, 2020, and two more just ahead of bad earnings reports. He is the busiest stock trader in Alaska's delegation. Murkowski, Peltola and Don Young reported no trades at all.