U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General

Title

USDA Office of Inspector General oversight hearing

Purpose

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies convened this hearing on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Inspector General. The subcommittee heard from USDA Inspector General John Walk along with two senior OIG officials on the office's audit and investigative work. The available caption record for this hearing is extremely limited, covering only a few scattered moments across the nearly two-hour session. Begins at▶ 0:40:20

Who spoke

• Mr. John Walk, Inspector General, USDA▶ 0:40:20: Appeared as the lead witness for the hearing; the available transcript captures only a brief fragment of his remarks▶ 0:40:20.

• Ms. Nicole Gardner, Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, USDA▶ 0:51:37: Testified alongside Inspector General Walk on OIG investigative matters; the transcript captures only a brief fragment of her remarks▶ 0:51:37.

• Ms. Yarisis Rivera-Rojas, Acting Assistant Inspector General for Audit, USDA▶ 1:59:43: Testified alongside Inspector General Walk on OIG audit matters near the close of the hearing; the transcript captures only a brief fragment of her remarks▶ 1:59:43.

Key moments

• The caption transcript for this roughly two-hour hearing consists of only three short fragments, at▶ 0:40:20,▶ 0:51:37, and▶ 1:59:43, none of which contain enough text to identify specific substantive claims or exchanges.

• Given the sparse captioning, no reliable, specific factual claims, figures, or disagreements from this hearing can be attributed to a speaker with confidence.