WASHINGTON – House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcing more than $330 million in specialty crop block grants, incentivizing the purchase of fruits and vegetables, and help for textile mills, as well as updates on the Dairy Donation Program:

“I would like to thank Secretary Vilsack and his team at USDA for continuing to roll out the assistance that the Agriculture Committees provided in the FY21 Consolidated Appropriations Act.  These crucial investments will assist the ag sector in recovering from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly bolstering our state departments of agriculture’s support for specialty crop producers as well as our cotton mills and dairy processors,” said Chairman Scott.