Senator Warren Calls for Vilsack to Bar Brazil’s JBS From US Contracts
- April 19 letter urges Vilsack to reverse 2021 USDA decision
- Letter cites JBS’s history of misconduct for reconsideration
Elizabeth Warren
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US Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Jamie Raskin are urging Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reconsider a decision to not block meat giant JBS SA from getting government contracts due to the Brazilian company’s “history of criminal misconduct.”
The prominent progressives sent a letter to Vilsack on Wednesday asking him to revisit a decision to not initiate US Department of Agriculture’s suspension and debarment powers against JBS and the Brazilian agribusiness firm that controls the meat supplier, J&F Investimentos.