Sonny Perdue

President Trump is standing up to China's abusive trade practices like intellectual property theft.

I hope that you will hold me accountable on this.

We want to remove obstacles, and give them every opportunity to prosper.

I will be the leading advocate for rural America and agricultural producers.

I have never met a real farmer, Senator that wanted to--would rather have to call on insurance rather than have a good crop at a fair price.

When there is a tragedy, when there is a drought, when there is a flood, when there is hail, we need a safety net to call upon, but no longer can we think about insurance as an investment.

We need to invest in the future of agriculture and rural America.

Eliminating key rural development programs as proposed in the budget would inhibit the smallest rural communities from upgrading aging infrastructure and growing small businesses.

The burden of balancing the Federal budget cannot be placed on the backs of farmers and our rural communities.

Food literally is a national security issue

I will help to provide a way forward when it comes to immigration and making sure that there is labor there to help us harvest our crops.

It is a very important responsibility of USDA. We have to leverage that because there is no way for USDA to have enough inspectors on the ground everywhere to certify organics.