Congressman Sam Farr (D-Carmel) has been active in serving an objective oversight role in the current LBAM eradication activities. Following are documents that he has received from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

During hearings with USDA officials in early 2008, Rep. Farr posed a series of written questions. USDA sent answers to a portion of those questions on June 11, 2008. Those answers are available here.

A letter responding to a request from Rep. Farr to involve the U.S. Surgeon General and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is located here.

A response from the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service that was included with the above letter is available here.