That is one of our key purposes at usda, and it is what brings us together today. During the last administration, USDA's workforce grew by 8% and our employees salaries shot up close to 15%. This included hiring thousands of employees with no realistic way to pay them and without any tangible increase in service to USDA's core constituencies. In short, paying more people, using taxpayer dollars to do the same amount of work just wasn't and isn't sustainable. (03:49–04:01)
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Asserts that thousands of USDA employees were hired without a realistic payment plan or service improvement.
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