Fight USDA’s relocation of food assistance employees and work to reverse it.

We will do everything we can to fight it and eventually reverse it.

Walkinshaw commits to opposing the USDA relocation and trying to undo it.

National Capital Region Democrats’ Statement on Relocation of USDA’s Food Assistance Employees | U.S. Representative James Walkinshaw
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National Capital Region Democrats’ Statement on Relocation of USDA’s Food Assistance Employees

Walkinshaw joined a statement opposing USDA's relocation of food assistance employees, matching his existing commitment to fight and reverse the move.

News List | U.S. Representative James Walkinshaw
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USDA's latest FNS reorganization page says the Food and Nutrition Service will become the Food and Nutrition Administration, retain only a small D.C. headquarters, relocate the rest of the agency to hubs, and begin restructuring after the congressional notification period and collective bargaining steps.

Within the lookback window, USDA's own page shows the food-assistance employee relocation plan was still active and not reversed.

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Reorganization | Food and Nutrition Service
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Federal News Network reported that USDA announced most Food and Nutrition Service employees would relocate, and that an NTEU Chapter 226 internal survey found more than 80% of surveyed FNS staff said they would not relocate.

Recent reporting shows the relocation remained unresolved and faced serious workforce resistance, but no reversal had occurred.

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USDA relocation of food assistance employees will lead to major staffing losses, union warns
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Walkinshaw and other National Capital Region Democrats condemned USDA's food-assistance relocation, described it as an illegal reorganization, listed the affected nutrition program moves, and said they would fight it and seek reversal.

Walkinshaw took a public official stance directly matching the commitment, but the statement alone did not reverse the relocation.

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National Capital Region Democrats’ Statement on Relocation of USDA’s Food Assistance Employees | U.S. Representative James Walkinshaw
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Congress.gov lists Walkinshaw as a cosponsor of the COST of Relocations Act, which would require federal agencies to conduct benefit-cost analysis for relocations involving movement of employment positions. The bill remained referred to House Oversight and had not become law.

Cosponsorship shows concrete legislative effort against agency relocations, but the bill had not delivered a reversal.

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H.R.2470 - COST of Relocations Act
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Section 716 of the enacted FY2026 agriculture appropriations text restricts USDA use of funds for actions that relocate offices or employees or reorganize offices, programs, or activities unless the department notifies and receives approval from the Appropriations Committees.

The law creates an official approval hurdle relevant to blocking relocation, but available evidence still shows USDA proceeding and no completed reversal.

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H.R.5371 - Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
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USDA announced the Food and Nutrition Administration reorganization and relocation, including SNAP to Indianapolis, Child Nutrition Programs to Dallas, Supplemental Nutrition and Safety Programs to Kansas City, research to Raleigh, emergency management to Denver, and retailer operations across four offices.

This official announcement establishes the relocation Walkinshaw pledged to fight; later evidence indicates it remained active.

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USDA Announces Actions to Better Serve States, Nutrition Program Recipients, and the American Taxpayer
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