Call on USDA to provide detailed information by June 5, 2026 about how it will maintain Food and Nutrition Service capacity and administer nutrition assistance programs during the proposed FNS reorganization.

Please provide a detailed description of what steps the USDA is taking to ensure the FNS is able to meet its mission as it implements this reorganization plan, including the following, with responses to each of the following questions no later than June 5, 2026

Blumenthal joined a Senate letter requesting USDA explain by June 5, 2026 how it will ensure FNS can meet its mission during the proposed reorganization, including staffing, relocation, stakeholder guidance, and program implementation impacts.

[2026-05-21] Klobuchar, Colleagues Raise Concerns about Food and...
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USDA announced the Food and Nutrition Administration, formerly FNS, and said the shift would include reorganization and relocation of program leadership and staff from Washington, D.C. to hubs and compliance locations across the United States. USDA also asserted that the change would not disrupt execution of its 16 nutrition assistance programs and listed planned locations for SNAP, child nutrition, supplemental nutrition and safety programs, research, emergency management, and retailer compliance.

Official USDA source confirms the underlying FNS/FNA reorganization and provides high-level relocation details, but it does not show that Blumenthal obtained or USDA provided the detailed capacity and administration information requested by the June 5, 2026 deadline.

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USDA Announces Actions to Better Serve States, Nutrition Program Recipients, and the American Taxpayer
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The Washington Post reported that FNS employees had been warned on April 30 that most jobs would soon move, while the plan still faced union negotiations, possible legal challenges, and questions about congressional opposition. The report said FNS oversees 16 programs with annual spending above $140 billion and quoted officials saying a small Washington-area footprint would remain for congressional relations, interagency coordination, regulatory work, and policy matters.

This strong reporting shows the reorganization remained contested and operationally uncertain before the June 5 deadline; it does not document a USDA response to Blumenthal or a delivered detailed capacity plan.

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Trump plan to relocate food stamp agency draws ire from its workers
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National Capital Region House Democrats said USDA’s relocation of food assistance and nutrition employees would make it harder to administer SNAP and other food assistance programs, called the move a mass layoff and illegal reorganization under the guise of relocation, and said they would fight it and try to reverse it. The statement also summarized USDA’s April 30 relocation plan and cited GAO findings from earlier USDA relocations showing staffing and productivity losses.

Official congressional reaction supports that the USDA reorganization raised unresolved capacity and administration concerns, but this source does not include Blumenthal and does not prove delivery of the requested June 5 information.

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National Capital Region Democrats’ Statement on Relocation of USDA’s Food Assistance Employees
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