A Member of Congress is pressing USDA to end trade aid to JBS. Connecticut Democrat Rosa DeLauro asked Secretary Tom Vilsack during a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday why JBS received more than 100-million dollars as part of USDA’s trade aid package and additional procurement contracts through the Agricultural Marketing Service. “That concerns me because the Batista brothers who own the parent company have pled guilty to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in relation to their illegal entry to and consolidation of the U.S.
