Senator Coburn Calls for Cuts to Market Access Program

A June 2012 report released by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) called for responsible government action in reducing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Market Access Program (MAP).  The report exposed MAP’s inefficiencies, including wasteful spending, overlap within the program, as well as duplication with other government programs. “With a host of other agricultural priorities, it [...]