I had hoped to meet with the USDA to discuss the Child Reauthorization Act and it's progress. However, that contact fell through and was not able to meet. I made a trip to the US Capitol to meet with Congressman Ben Chandler's office for a tour. I had previous contact with a gentleman that worked in the district office in Lexington who was going to pass my information on to a Legislative Assistant in DC. I hadn't heard anything from the assistant in DC so I had given up all hope. However, when we were in Ben Chandler's office a young man came out from the back and said my name! To my surprise it was my legislative assistant contact Robert Kramer! He sat down with me and discussed the bill and asked me about my questions! He ended up contacting the committee for me asking them where the bill stood. Right now there is nothing else that can be regulated since this bill is mandatory funding. Usually with an authorization bill they set out an amount they think is needed to fund the bill and an appropriations committee will decide the final amount. However, this is not the case with the Child Reauthorization Act.
He also gave me a lot of good resources to read through so I hope they provide me with a lot of useful information to understand how this bill is implemented within the communities!
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