Source: POLITICO'S MORNING AGRICULTURE, 6/5/19

The House Appropriations Committee sent its fiscal 2020 Agriculture-FDA measure to the floor on a 29-21 vote, after adding amendments that would prevent USDA from moving forward with several controversial proposals — including a plan to overhaul pork processing inspections. It's one of the most prominent moves yet by Democrats since they took control of the House to push back against Perdue's agenda, your host writes.

— Pork packing regulations: The panel approved an amendment from Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) that would freeze funding for USDA to finalize its proposed swine slaughter inspection rule until the department's Inspector General reviews the underlying data behind the proposal.

— ERS/NIFA: The bill already included language to block Perdue from relocating a pair of research agencies or bringing one of them under the control of USDA's chief economist. It also ignored many of the spending cuts the White House requested to agricultural research, global food aid and other programs.

It wasn't just Democrats throwing jabs at USDA policies:Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington offered an amendment to stop Perdue from closing nine facilities involved a Forest Service program that trains at-risk youth to maintain forests, respond to natural disasters and work on rural infrastructure projects. Newhouse said the plan was rolled out "carelessly" and without data to back it up.