Sonny Perdue: “The prospect of a new trade war while eliminating the Secretary's CCC authority... is nearsighted and it is dangerous.”

I believe these proposed changes support our mutual goal of improving the lives of those participating in SNAP.

I expect each and every USDA employee to uphold their fellow Americans' First Amendment freedoms.

We think the purpose is to help people move to independency . . . . We should help people when they are down but that should not be interminably.

Today, I want to reestablish this Department's commitment to safeguarding every American's First Amendment rights, particularly the right to free speech and the right to free religious exercise. USDA is committed to protecting both.