Rollins secured the nomination in a 72-28 vote.

“What an experience to sit with my family in the Senators Gallery as the United States Senate confirmed me 72-28 to be the 33rd Secretary of Agriculture. It is a privilege beyond description to have the trust of @POTUS Donald J. Trump, and the opportunity to advance his agenda,” Rollins said.

“That agenda is of course the agenda of the whole American people — among whom the men and women of American agriculture stand in the first rank. Fighting on their behalf each and every day will be the honor of my lifetime,” she added.

From the Associated Press:

Rollins will now lead a department tasked with overseeing nearly all aspects of the nation’s food system, including standards on farming practices and livestock rearing, federal subsidies to farmers or agribusinesses and setting nutrition standards for schools and public health officials nationwide.

The Department of Agriculture was at the center of Trump’s trade war in his last administration, when it increased subsidies to farmers growing the nation’s two biggest crops, corn and soybeans, after retaliatory tariffs were levied by China on the grains and international markets were disrupted. The United States is the world’s largest food exporter.

In her Senate confirmation hearing, Rollins acknowledged that Trump’s plans for the mass deportation of people in the country illegally could led to farm labor shortages. Growers of some vegetables and crops such as apples as well as dairy operations are especially dependent on migrant labor.

But Rollins said Americans support Trump’s plans and she would work to help the president while also trying to protect farmers.

“The president’s vision of a secure border and a mass deportation at a scale that matters is something I support,” Rollins said.

Per USA TODAY:

Rollins, 52, was confirmed by a vote of 72-28. As head of the United States Department of Agriculture, Rollins will lead a 100,000-person agency with offices in every county in the country, whose remit includes farm and nutrition programs, forestry, home and farm lending, food safety, rural development, agricultural research, trade and more. The agency had a budget of $437.2 billion in 2024.

Before her confirmation, Rollins served as president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, a conservative, pro-Trump think tank she formed in 2021 alongside other members of the former president’s orbit while out of office.

A conservative lawyer, Rollins also served in the final year of Trump’s first term as acting director of the White House’s Domestic Policy Council. She was also among the speakers at the Republican National Convention in 2024.

Before her time in Washington, Rollins, a Texas native, served as an aide to then-Trump Energy Secretary Rick Perry. She was also CEO and president of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank in the Lone Star State.

The agriculture secretary’s agenda would carry implications for American diets and wallets, both urban and rural. Department of Agriculture officials and staff negotiate trade deals, guide dietary recommendations, inspect meat, fight wildfires and support rural broadband, among other activities.

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