Brooke Rollins confirmed as Trump's agriculture secretary as tariff fights loom
WASHINGTON — Conservative lawyer Brooke Rollins was confirmed Thursday as secretary of agriculture, placing a close ally of President Donald Trump into a key Cabinet position at a time when mass deportation plans could lead to farm labor shortages and tariffs could hit agricultural exports.
Trump agriculture nominee, Brooke Rollins, clears key Senate hurdle ahead of confirmation vote
Brooke Rollins, the former president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, had earned broad support from farmers and growers' groups ahead of her Senate confirmation vote.
Senate confirms Brooke Rollins, longtime Trump ally, as agriculture secretary
Rollins served in the final year of Trump’s first term as acting director of the White House's Domestic Policy Council.
Brooke Rollins confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
The Senate Thursday confirmed Brooke Rollins to be the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The vote, 72-28, fell largely along party lines, although some Democrats who initially supported her, voted against her.
Former TPPF leader Brooke Rollins confirmed by Senate for agriculture secretary
The Senate voted 72-28 to confirm her nomination. She easily sailed through the Senate Agriculture Committee earlier this month on a unanimous vote.
Brooke Rollins confirmed as Trump’s agriculture secretary with bipartisan support
Brooke Rollins was confirmed Thursday with overwhelmingly bipartisan support to be President Donald Trump’s Department of Agriculture secretary. The GOP-controlled chamber voted 72-28 in favor of the appointment.
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