Sam Brownback: “USDA touches each American's life multiple times a day, food, housing programs, research and assistance.”

I look forward to working with people, working with you, working with everybody, regardless of their ideas or views, on how we can advance the agenda of religious freedom.

We have to get more focus on this by a broader cross-section, or we will not be effective in this.

There are some good things happening.

Promotion of international religious freedom is in our national interest, and it directly supports national security priorities including the defeat of ISIS and other violent extremist groups.