Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden took questions from the Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday after the agency ...

Senate Democrats slammed the Agriculture Department’s decision to decentralize its operations and relocate employees based in ...

The plan is not yet finalized and still subject to change, USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden repeatedly stressed to members ...

During a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Ben Ray Luján questioned USDA Deputy Secretary, Stephen ...

During a Senate hearing, Stephen Vaden said the agency’s plan to move employees out of DC will reduce costs; senators ...

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden today vigorously defended the Trump administration’s proposal to reorganize the Agriculture Department at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing. “President ...

A top U.S. Department of Agriculture official defended the agency's reorganization plan during a Senate committee hearing on ...

The surprise reorg announcement last week was a flash point at a hearing Thursday, where senators expressed displeasure about ...

With the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announcing a major reorganization plan, lawmakers met to grill Deputy ...

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden staunchly defended USDA’s reorganization plan at the Senate Agriculture Committee ...

After USDA announced it was moving many of its staff out of Washington, D.C. and into Indianapolis and four other regional hub locations, USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden appeared before the Senate ...

The proposal calls for cutting 2,600 USDA jobs in DC and expanding the department’s footprint in five regional hubs: North ...