New reporting from Heartland Signal reveals that Rep. Derrick Van Orden has skipped nearly half of the Agricultural Committee hearings since 2024, even though he was in Washington during the times several of those meetings took place. While Derrick Van Orden gallivants around D.C., Wisconsin farmers continue to struggle under GOP policies. The report also highlights that Van Orden has directed his support toward cost-raising policies for farmers such as tariffs and the Trump administration's war in Iran, and the hearings Van Orden skipped directly touched on the economic pressures driving local farms out of business.

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