Roberts, Stabenow Announce Hearing on USDA Nominees Brashears, Earp, and Hutchins

Roberts, Stabenow Announce Hearing on USDA Nominees Brashears, Earp, and Hutchins

The following press release was published by the U.S. Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry on Nov. 13, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a hearing to consider the USDA nominations of Mindy Brashears, Naomi Earp, and Scott Hutchins.

Who: Mindy Brashears, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety

Naomi C. Earp, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights

Scott Hutchins, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics

Date: Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018

Time: 9:30 a.m.

Place: 328A Russell Senate Office Building

***Please note: Press bringing audio/video equipment should check in with the Senate Radio-Television Gallery at radiotv.senate.gov or 202-224-6421. The hearing will be webcast live on ag.senate.gov.

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Meghan Cline (Roberts): 202-224-2035

Jess McCarron (Stabenow): 202-224-1437

Source: U.S. Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry