Senator Marshall Releases Statement on USDA Livestock Marketing Rule

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. released the following statement on the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) new livestock marketing rule under the Packers and Stockyards Act that will only harm livestock producers and add more red tape and regulation to their operations. 

“This is just another example of the Biden Administrations’ USDA running roughshod over livestock producers, the constitution, and the rule of law,” said Senator Marshall. “No amount of spin will hide the fact that this rule violates at least eight separate decisions from Federal Courts of Appeals – it also goes far beyond authority provided in the Packers and Stockyards Act, making it blatantly unconstitutional. This rule will allow the Biden Administration to micromanage ranchers and feeders in a way this country has never seen before, threatening Kansas family farms’ ability to survive.”