Don’t be a dumbass yourself! DPA gives the whole process versatility under a state of emergency to use all food supply chain assets however they need to be used including the smaller processing plants. Massie is only grandstanding by putting forth something that already exists in the EO.
Your understanding of Trump’s EO and how the DPA works is deficient.
The real purpose was to shield the companies from lawsuits stemming from workplace exposure. He said as much in his announcement.
It does nothing to make the supply chain more nimble or to undo the bottleneck that is the USDA meat inspection program.
How many federal meat inspectors are there? And when was the last time the number increased?