We have more people eating beef than ever before. But if it is too expensive — unlike fuel, Benny — you can eat chicken, pork, salmon, eggs. There are other sources of really good protein, and all of those prices are coming down as well.
Brooke Rollins
The Public Record
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture in the Trump administration; founder of the America First Policy Institute.
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September 23, 2026
Cheaper beef is coming to you soon. Even better beef. America does it better than anywhere in the world.
— Brooke Rollins
We realize the price of groceries are too high, we are doing everything we can to bring them down after the Biden years of crazy, crazy inflation and we are making progress.
If beef is too expensive, you can eat chicken, eggs, other great sources of protein.
Today, we filed a proposal to restore authority to local forest managers who know the land best, removing the barriers that have kept them from doing the work the land demands.
For too long, outdated restrictions have kept tens of millions of forested acres off-limits to the very treatments that improve forest health and reduce wildfire risk to our communities.
Our forests can’t afford another decade of inaction. Across the country, we’ve watched preventable conditions — overgrown stands, insect outbreaks and disease — turn healthy landscapes into tinderboxes.
Across the country, we've watched preventable conditions – overgrown stands, insect outbreaks and disease – turn healthy landscapes into tinderboxes.
For those who love work and celebrate work and want people to work and not be on food stamps, it’s a pretty big win when we’ve moved 5 million people off food stamps, y’all.