Ag Secretary-Starling Pt 2
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson. Brooke Rollins is President Trump’s new Secretary of Agriculture, after being confirmed by the Senate Ag Committee last Thursday.Ray Starling, former chief of staff to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue under the previous Trump administration, says the Ag Secretary needs to know how to navigate relationships with other secretaries AND the President …
STARLING … “Brooke has that she has been a part of the policy apparatus the America First policy institute has been its leader. So it tells you she's got these management skills, she's got this policy capability. But most importantly, she's got the relationships so that if the ag community needs the president's ear, Brooks going to be able to deliver on that.”
Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services,
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has raised eyebrows in farm country, but Starling says Rollins will offer a counterpoint to RFK …
STARLING … “That's one reason we need Brooke to be successful is to make sure that some of the alternative views, or alternate views, are heard when it comes to some of our agriculture issues. We need to make sure that RFK understands that we're not going to continue to feed people at 10 to 12% of their disposable income if you take away our pesticides, you take away our genetic engineering, and frankly, if you take away our beloved processed food.”
That’s former White House ag advisor Ray Starling, who is currently general counsel for the North Carolina Chamber.