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The federal government isn’t providing enough financial assistance to Pacific Northwest farmers, who are reeling from the impacts of recent extreme weather events. At least that’s what members of Congress from the Pacific Northwest and beyond wrote in a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Monday, July 26, in which they requested expanded federal aid for the region’s agricultural community...

...The bipartisan push is being led by Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington state Democrat, and Rep. Suzan DelBene, a Washington state Democrat whose 1st District includes Whatcom County, as well as Republican 4th District Congressman Dan Newhouse from Eastern Washington. The effort is supported by members of Congress from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Montana, Colorado, North Dakota and Minnesota...

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