OAN Staff Sofia Flores
12:30pm – Thursday, February 13th, 2025
The Senate voted overwhelmingly to lead the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to confirm conservative lawyer and policy advisor Brooke Rollins.
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Rollins was also confirmed 72-28 votes on Thursday shortly after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as Trump's health secretary.
Rollins is currently tasked with leading the USDA (USDA), a government department aimed at meeting the needs of “commercial agriculture and livestock food production” while promoting “agricultural trade and production.” Masu.
Additionally, the USDA “works to ensure food safety, protect natural resources, nurture rural communities, and work to end hunger in the US and internationally.”
In one of her first business orders, Rollins reportedly works to unite Congress in passing a farm bill that has stagnated in recent months.
Before starting her new job, Rollins ran the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) for 15 years, after serving as policy director for Gov. Rick Perry. She served as president and CEO of the American First Policy Institute (AFPI), an organization that she co-founded during Trump's first term, and Rollins also took on the role of director and acting director of the American Innovation Office. I did. Domestic Policy Council.
“These are [past] According to Bio on the AFPI website, the role has developed and managed the Trump administration's transformative domestic policy agenda, leading to historic results for Americans.
Rollins is 16th Trump candidates will be approved within four weeks. During this period, Trump only had 11 candidates approved by the Senate. He had 16th The candidate was confirmed on March 1st.st.
That number is far outweighing Biden as the former president didn't have his 16.th The candidates were confirmed until March 10th.th.
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