WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and U.S. Representatives Jamie Raskin, Steny Hoyer, Glenn Ivey, Kweisi Mfume, Sarah Elfreth, Johnny Olszewski and April McClain Delaney (all D-Md.), released the following statement on the future of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center:

"The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) is the foundation of our country's excellence in agricultural research, with its scientists working for more than 100 years on the front lines of protecting public health and supporting farmers and farming across the country. Shuttering BARC and uprooting its workforce will undercut its critical mission, endanger public safety, and unnecessarily waste taxpayer dollars. Clearly, the Trump Administration has not thought through the costs or consequences of this misguided decision. Congress and the courts must act swiftly to block this illegal and harmful reorganization and ensure BARC remains intact. The law demands it, and our farmers depend on it."

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