A bill seeking changes in the mandatory commodity checkoff programs has been reintroduced in the Senate. The proposal would put restrictions on the organizations receiving checkoff funds. It also calls for more transparency and more audits. The bill is being offered by Republican Senators Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky and Democrats Cory Booker of New Jersey and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Booker and Warren are both presidential candidates.
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