NCC recently joined more than 650 organizations in submitting a letter of endorsement for Secretary of Agriculture Nominee Sonny Perdue to:
- U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), Chairman, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee,
- U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee,
- U.S. Representative Mike Conaway (R-TX), Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture, and
- U.S. Representative Collin Peterson (D-MN), Ranking Member, House Committee on Agriculture.
The letter was written “on behalf of the farmers, ranchers, hunters, forest owners, cooperatives, businesses, trade associations, and all other segments of the agriculture, food and nutrition, landscape, and conservation community” and urged for a prompt hearing to move Governor Perdue’s nomination to the full Senate for a vote for the good of the department and all those represented in the letter.
Highlighting Governor Perdue’s personal and professional life in the one-page letter, the signatories agreed that he is “imminently qualified” to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The full letter can be viewed by clicking here.
