{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://barrymoore.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-barry-moore-blasts-legislation-creating-police-force-investigate-farmers", "Rep. Barry Moore blasts legislation creating police force to investigate farmers", "2022-06-16", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Barry Moore", "M001212", "barrymoore.house.gov", "barrymoore", "https://barrymoore.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) issued the following statement on the Democrats\u2019 H.R. 7606 which would create a duplicative and unfunded office within the Department of Agriculture with a mandate to investigate meat packers and poultry processors and conduct independent litigation against packers and dealers. These additional layers of bureaucracy would leave our producers even more beholden to the whims of the federal government and threaten them with lawsuits from a new USDA police force for non-compliance.\n\n\u201cFarmers are pleading for help from Biden\u2019s economic catastrophe, but Democrats\u2019 only solution is badges, bureaucracy, and Big Brother,\u201d said Moore. \u201cInstead of punishing those in the packing industry and deputizing bureaucrats to force more rules and regulations on the American people, we should be doing all we can to slice red tape, repair the broken supply chain, and end the federal government overspending fueling historic inflation.\u201d\n\nMeat and Poultry Special Investigator Act:\n\nLong before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, America's farm families and consumers were struggling with fractured supply chains, skyrocketing input costs, and historic levels of inflation, each of which continue to contribute to increased food prices and diminished inventories. The ongoing conflict has further disrupted the global food system, exacerbating increased energy prices, fertilizer cost spikes and shortages, and worsening food shortages in developing countries. Despite these crises, the Democrat Majority and Biden Administration have pursued a spending and regulatory agenda that compounds the situation and further limits American farmers\u2019 ability to meet global food demand. This package is House Democrats' latest attempt to scapegoat private industry rather than addressing the very real needs and concerns of farm families and rural America.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://barrymoore.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-barry-moore-blasts-legislation-creating-police-force-investigate-farmers"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.8529861010611057, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}