Sonny Perdue Explains Goals and Challenges in Confirmation Hearing

Secretary of Agriculture Nominee Sonny Perdue spoke to the Senate Ag Committee last week and outlined both his goals and the challenges.

“First I will maximize the opportunity and the ability of the men and women of America’s agriculture and agribusiness sector to create jobs. Secondly, for the American taxpayers, our customers I will prioritize customer service everyday.”

Perdue noted that he also will work to ensure that American agriculture is safe and of the highest quality.

Perdue's final goal was more of an observation and philosophy for his time.

“American agricultural bounty comes directly from the land and today those land resources sustain more than 320 million Americans and countless millions more around the globe.”

Perdue did note that there were many regulations that were hurting the industry directly or indirectly and he wanted to work with Secretary Scott Pruitt and the EPA to improve those rules.