Senator Marshall Discusses Meeting with USDA Nominee Brooke Rollins on RFD-TV

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined RFD-TV to discuss his meeting with the Secretary of Agriculture Nominee, Brooke Rollins, and share his optimism for the future of American agriculture under President Trump’s agenda. Senator Marshall also offered an update on reforming America’s tax system to benefit domestic agriculture producers instead of China and putting farm back in the Farm Bill.

You may click HERE or on the image above to watch Senator Marshall’s full interview. 

Highlights from Senator Marshall’s interview include: 

On meeting with Brooke Rollins, President Trump’s Agriculture Secretary Nominee:

“I’ve known of Brooke for some time. She’s been very involved in the America First Policy Institute, she worked in the West Wing for President Trump….She’s going to be an incredible Secretary of Agriculture.”

“Everyone wants America to be healthy again, but we also have to make groceries affordable as well…We cannot have inflationary policies. American agriculture is embracing this precision agriculture. We’re growing more with less. We’re all in. American agriculture is all in to make America healthy again, but we also have to keep groceries affordable.”

On reforming America’s tax system to benefit domestic agriculture producers:

“When I sat down with President Trump a week before the election, I pointed out that foreign companies, foreign entities, foreign corporations, China specifically, are benefiting from these tax credits. So number one is we need just a general bill from Congress and an executive order saying only American companies can benefit from 45Z it’s so important…I didn’t have to tell Brooke yesterday that 40 to 50 percent of America’s corn crop and soybeans end up in some type of renewable fuel.”

On putting the FARM back in the Farm Bill:

“We have a record drop in net farm income, and I think we know exactly why – it’s the high interest rates. The average Kansas farm, a million-dollar operational loan, their interest rate went from two to eight or nine percent. So high input costs, along with that energy as an inflation multiplier… This is why we need a strong Farm Bill. We need a strong safety net, and this will be a huge priority.”