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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would offer to at least partially relocate the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Iowa if he is elected president — part of a federal agency relocation policy he shared Saturday while celebrating the completion of his visit to all 99 Iowa counties.
DeSantis, his campaign and supporters celebrated in Newton his touted completion of a "Full Grassley" tour to all of Iowa's counties. The "Full Grassley" was coined by longtime U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, who travels to every Iowa county each year.
But DeSantis offered to bring more to Iowa in the future than himself and his family.
“We have to take power out of Washington, D.C., and send it to other parts of the country,” DeSantis said. As president, “I’m going to order all of our cabinet secretaries to reduce their agency’s footprint in Washington, D.C., by at least 50%.”
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Des Moines Register
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would offer to at least partially relocate the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Iowa if he is elected president — part of a federal agency relocation policy he shared Saturday while celebrating the completion of his visit to all 99 Iowa counties.
DeSantis, his campaign and supporters celebrated in Newton his touted completion of a "Full Grassley" tour to all of Iowa's counties. The "Full Grassley" was coined by longtime U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, who travels to every Iowa county each year.
But DeSantis offered to bring more to Iowa in the future than himself and his family.
“We have to take power out of Washington, D.C., and send it to other parts of the country,” DeSantis said. As president, “I’m going to order all of our cabinet secretaries to reduce their agency’s footprint in Washington, D.C., by at least 50%.”
For Iowa, that would mean “you guys will have first dibs on the Department of Agriculture," he said.
“A number of people said they don’t like USDA Washington bureaucrats interfering with how people are farming, and they would much rather have this agency be run with people from their own communities."
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, who campaigned for DeSantis with him Saturday in Newton, later said through a spokesperson, "It's a great idea. There's no better place to put USDA, because there's no one who knows farming better than Iowans."
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would offer to at least partially relocate the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Iowa if he is elected president — part of a federal agency relocation policy he shared Saturday while celebrating the completion of his visit to all 99 Iowa counties.
DeSantis, his campaign and supporters celebrated in Newton his touted completion of a "Full Grassley" tour to all of Iowa's counties. The "Full Grassley" was coined by longtime U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, who travels to every Iowa county each year.
But DeSantis offered to bring more to Iowa in the future than himself and his family.
“We have to take power out of Washington, D.C., and send it to other parts of the country,” DeSantis said. As president, “I’m going to order all of our cabinet secretaries to reduce their agency’s footprint in Washington, D.C., by at least 50%.”
IOWA CAUCUSES
Ron DeSantis offers to move part of US ag department to Iowa as part of relocation policy
Phillip SitterDes Moines Register
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would offer to at least partially relocate the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Iowa if he is elected president — part of a federal agency relocation policy he shared Saturday while celebrating the completion of his visit to all 99 Iowa counties.
DeSantis, his campaign and supporters celebrated in Newton his touted completion of a "Full Grassley" tour to all of Iowa's counties. The "Full Grassley" was coined by longtime U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, who travels to every Iowa county each year.
But DeSantis offered to bring more to Iowa in the future than himself and his family.
“We have to take power out of Washington, D.C., and send it to other parts of the country,” DeSantis said. As president, “I’m going to order all of our cabinet secretaries to reduce their agency’s footprint in Washington, D.C., by at least 50%.”
For Iowa, that would mean “you guys will have first dibs on the Department of Agriculture," he said.
“A number of people said they don’t like USDA Washington bureaucrats interfering with how people are farming, and they would much rather have this agency be run with people from their own communities."
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, who campaigned for DeSantis with him Saturday in Newton, later said through a spokesperson, "It's a great idea. There's no better place to put USDA, because there's no one who knows farming better than Iowans."
Ron DeSantis offers to move part of US ag department to Iowa as part of relocation policy
The DeSantis campaign shared a list of 130 stops across 98 of Iowa's counties. Newton in Jasper County brought the total Saturday to 99.
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