Moderate US House Dem group questions USDA’s Rollins over screwworm response

By: Amelia Twyman

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: June 26, 2026

Words: 946

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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WASHINGTON — Members of the New Democrat Coalition asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday to provide fresh details about the nation’s screwworm outbreak and demanded that the Trump administration allocate more resources to containing the spread.

Reps. Sharice Davids of Kansas, Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico and Jim Costa of California led 18 other members of the moderate coalition in a June 24 letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in which they highlighted …

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