, meatpacking executives pressured federal regulators to help keep their plants open, according to a trove of emails obtained by USA TODAY.
At the same time, the companies and their trade organizations tried to thwart local health departments’ orders to close plants by asking the USDA to intervene. The emails were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by Public Citizen and American Oversight and shared with USA TODAY and the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. ProPublica, which also requested the emails from the USDA,Adam Pulver, a Public Citizen attorney, said the “degree of collaboration” between Trump administration officials and industry in the emails is “astounding.
Julie Ann Potts, the president and CEO of the North American Meat Institute, said her group and many other trade organizations “routinely suggest legislative language.”
How low can these scums stoop!?
Ok
99.4% survival rate, the media is overhyping the virus for Democrats political gain!
Food production was always essential and non-negotiable. Defense Production Act was appropriate here.
Good, I needed my meat!
No one cares about the people except Biden
just poor people lives so trump dont care
Swampy stuff
Covid 19 is mongolian biology weapon and chemical weapon.mongolia want to build great Mongolia again.mongolian criminal pig Tumur want to be own of the world same like Chingis khan. Only in mongolia no Covid 19.mongolia using to my house biology,chemical weapon Covid19.
weareoversight Trump administration: Total corruption, all the time.
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Every industry is drafting Trump's executive orders, including the nursing home industry.