{"id":3383,"date":"2020-05-18T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-calls-on-usda-to-quickly-deliver-food-and-farm-assistance-appropriated-by-congress-2020\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:06:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:06:41","slug":"merkley-calls-on-usda-to-quickly-deliver-food-and-farm-assistance-appropriated-by-congress-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-calls-on-usda-to-quickly-deliver-food-and-farm-assistance-appropriated-by-congress-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley pide al USDA que entregue r\u00e1pidamente asistencia alimentaria y agr\u00edcola asignada por el Congreso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 El senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley de Oreg\u00f3n, el principal dem\u00f3crata en el subcomit\u00e9 de Asignaciones del Senado que supervisa la financiaci\u00f3n del Departamento de Agricultura de los EE. El secretario Sonny Perdue para aumentar los esfuerzos de la agencia para acelerar la financiaci\u00f3n de la ayuda alimentaria asignada por el Congreso a los necesitados.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\">El Congreso asign\u00f3 $36 mil millones al USDA para ayudarlo a responder a la pandemia de coronavirus, incluida la asistencia nutricional cr\u00edtica y el apoyo directo a los productores agr\u00edcolas. Sin embargo, solo el 20 por ciento de esos fondos se han comprometido incluso cuando la demanda aumenta y los agricultores sufren.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Default\">\u201cParticularmente preocupante es la demora en sacar la asistencia nutricional para abordar la creciente inseguridad alimentaria en todo el pa\u00eds\u2026 Este dinero deber\u00eda estar llegando a las personas que lo necesitan, no atrapado en Washington atrapado en tr\u00e1mites burocr\u00e1ticos\u201d. <b>escribieron los senadores.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Default\">Programas vitales como <i>El Programa de Asistencia Alimentaria de Emergencia<\/i>, que apoya a los bancos de alimentos del pa\u00eds, solo han comprometido una fracci\u00f3n de los fondos que el Congreso asign\u00f3, dejando sin explotar $1 mil millones asignados para programas de nutrici\u00f3n infantil.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\">El senador Merkley ha seguido defendiendo los programas de asistencia alimentaria durante la crisis del coronavirus. La semana pasada, por ejemplo, el Senador Merkley presion\u00f3 al USDA para garantizar que los beneficiarios del Programa de Asistencia Alimentaria Suplementaria (SNAP) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/news\/press-releases\/merkley-wyden-colleagues-push-to-expand-delivery-for-snap-recipients-during-pandemic-2020\/\">puede utilizar la entrega de alimentos y la recogida en la acera<\/a> para ayudar a limitar su exposici\u00f3n al coronavirus, adem\u00e1s de liderar un esfuerzo para instar a Amazon y Walmart a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/news\/press-releases\/merkley-colleagues-urge-amazon-and-walmart-to-waive-delivery-fees-and-minimum-order-requirements-for-snap-recipients-2020\/\">exonere las tarifas de env\u00edo y los requisitos m\u00ednimos de pedido<\/a> para los beneficiarios de SNAP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\">Para ayudar a los granjeros y productores agr\u00edcolas, el Senador Merkley inst\u00f3 a la Administraci\u00f3n de Peque\u00f1as Empresas (SBA, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) de EE. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/news\/press-releases\/wyden-merkley-urge-feds-to-make-farmers-and-agricultural-businesses-eligible-for-covid-19-economic-injury-grants-2020\/\">hacer que las empresas agr\u00edcolas sean elegibles para el Programa de Subsidios por Da\u00f1os Econ\u00f3micos (EIDL)<\/a>. Cuando la SBA no cumpli\u00f3 con la directiva expresa del Congreso para hacerlo, el Senador Merkley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/news\/press-releases\/merkley-demands-small-business-administration-provide-much-needed-assistance-to-americas-farmers-agricultural-producers-2020\/\">mantuvo la presi\u00f3n sobre<\/a> hasta que la administraci\u00f3n accedi\u00f3 a poner la asistencia a disposici\u00f3n de los agricultores estadounidenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\">El texto completo de la carta de los senadores est\u00e1 disponible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/download\/200515-usda-perdue-letter-2020\/\">aqu\u00ed<\/a> y sigue a continuaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>\n<p>Estimado Secretario Perdue:<\/p>\n<p>Escribimos con profunda preocupaci\u00f3n por la lenta respuesta del departamento con respecto a<\/p>\n<p>fondos complementarios proporcionados para abordar la pandemia de coronavirus. El Congreso se ha apropiado<\/p>\n<p>$36 mil millones al Departamento de Agricultura para muchos programas importantes que los estadounidenses<\/p>\n<p>la gente conf\u00eda. Desde asistencia nutricional hasta apoyo directo a productores agr\u00edcolas, esta financiaci\u00f3n<\/p>\n<p>es vital para apoyar a los ciudadanos vulnerables y las zonas rurales de Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, a partir del 8 de mayo, solo $7<\/p>\n<p>mil millones, menos del 20 por ciento del dinero proporcionado ha sido comprometido. Esto es inaceptable.<\/p>\n<p>Particularmente preocupante es el retraso en la entrega de asistencia nutricional para hacer frente a la creciente<\/p>\n<p>inseguridad alimentaria en todo el pa\u00eds. De los $850 millones que destinamos para La Emergencia<\/p>\n<p>Programa de asistencia alimentaria para proporcionar recursos cr\u00edticos a los bancos de alimentos de nuestra naci\u00f3n, solo $117<\/p>\n<p>se ha gastado un mill\u00f3n. Sin embargo, las filas en los bancos de alimentos est\u00e1n creciendo y el desempleo est\u00e1 aumentando. Este<\/p>\n<p>el dinero deber\u00eda estar llegando a las personas que lo necesitan, no atrapado en Washington atrapado en rojo<\/p>\n<p>cinta. El Comit\u00e9 tambi\u00e9n ha proporcionado $100 millones para el Programa de Distribuci\u00f3n de Alimentos en<\/p>\n<p>Reservas indias y ese dinero a\u00fan no se ha gastado. Los programas de nutrici\u00f3n infantil brindan mucho<\/p>\n<p>nutrici\u00f3n necesaria para los ni\u00f1os, especialmente ahora que la mayor\u00eda de las escuelas est\u00e1n cerradas. Sin embargo, $1 mil millones es<\/p>\n<p>todav\u00eda atrapado en el departamento. Puerto Rico y los dem\u00e1s territorios estadounidenses siguen esperando la<\/p>\n<p>gran parte de los fondos que apropiamos.<\/p>\n<p>El Departamento solicit\u00f3 algunos de los fondos proporcionados en estos proyectos de ley de gastos de emergencia.<\/p>\n<p>debido a las necesidades urgentes que usted identific\u00f3. Y este Comit\u00e9 apoy\u00f3 esas solicitudes. Para<\/p>\n<p>ejemplo, solicit\u00f3 $4 millones para el Servicio Agr\u00edcola Exterior para ayudar a traer de vuelta al personal<\/p>\n<p>a los Estados Unidos desde puestos en el extranjero. Ninguno de esos fondos se ha gastado. Solicitaste<\/p>\n<p>$3 millones para la Agencia de Servicios Agr\u00edcolas para ayudar a la agencia con mayores demandas de pr\u00e9stamos agr\u00edcolas.<\/p>\n<p>Ninguno de esos fondos se ha gastado. Si bien estas cantidades son peque\u00f1as, el hecho de que usted haya pedido<\/p>\n<p>el financiamiento, lo proporcionamos, y a\u00fan no se ha comprometido plantea preguntas sobre la<\/p>\n<p>Capacidad del departamento para llevar a cabo sus funciones.<\/p>\n<p>Si bien entendemos que algunos programas no est\u00e1n configurados para responder r\u00e1pidamente a una emergencia y<\/p>\n<p>tome tiempo para procesar, estos son tiempos extraordinarios y debemos hacerlo mejor que el status quo.<\/p>\n<p>Estamos listos para ayudar al departamento en todo lo que podamos para responder a esta pandemia.<\/p>\n<p>Atentamente,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), teamed up with Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), to press USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue to increase the agency&rsquo;s efforts to speed funding for food aid appropriated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-3383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-agriculture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley Calls on USDA to Quickly Deliver Food and Farm Assistance Appropriated by Congress - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-calls-on-usda-to-quickly-deliver-food-and-farm-assistance-appropriated-by-congress-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley Calls on USDA to Quickly Deliver Food and Farm Assistance Appropriated by Congress - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; 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