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Republican Senators Take Aim at Dudley Butler in Senate Confirmation Hearing
Fri, 10 Dec 2010 6:29:47 CST
During the Senate Ag Committee confirmation hearing on Thursday for USDA General Counsel-nominee Ramona Romero, who is currently corporate counsel to DuPont, GOP farm-state senators took aim at the administrator of USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, Dudley Butler, over his involvement in the writing of new sweeping changes in how we market livestock in the US- the rule that is called the GIPSA Rule. USDA is currently reviewing the more than 66,000 comments that poured in for and against the implementation of this proposal from the agency that Butler heads.
Kansas Senator Pat Roberts says that Butler "should recuse himself" from the tweaking of the final rule, if one is prepared and published and that he should be expected to not participate in any litigation that would fall under the new rules- if put into effect- once he returns to private legal practice.
Click on the LISTEN BAR below to hear an audio overview of this hearing and comments from both Pat Roberts as well as Saxby Chambliss- the wrap produced by our colleague Stewart Doan.
Romero's confirmation hearing marked the end of Arkansas Democrat Blanche Lincoln's tenure as Ag Committee Chair. Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow will take over the chairmanship in January.
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