US Senate confirms Brooke Rollins to lead the USDA
Reuters February 14, 2025 03:20 AM
Synopsis
The U.S. Senate confirmed Brooke Rollins, a Trump ally and former White House policy advisor skeptical of climate change, as head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She will oversee farm programs, food benefits, school lunches, and 100,000 employees amid low farm incomes, possible food aid cuts, and federal workforce reduction efforts.
Brooke Rollins
The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Brooke Rollins, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump and former White House policy advisor who has expressed doubt about climate change, to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Rollins will head an agency that oversees farm programs, food benefits, and school lunch with 100,000 employees at a time of low farm income, potential cuts to domestic food aid, and an aggressive campaign to reduce the federal workforce led by Elon Musk.
