Senate Agriculture Committee to Consider USDA Nominees Brashears, Earp, and Hutchins

Senate Agriculture Committee to Consider USDA Nominees Brashears, Earp, and Hutchins

The following press release was published by the U.S. Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry on Dec. 4, 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 business meeting to consider the USDA nominations of Mindy Brashears to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety; Naomi Earp to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights; and Scott Hutchins to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics.

Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Time: In conjunction with 4:00 p.m. floor votes, when a quorum is present

Place: TBA

The Committee held a hearing on the nominees on November 28.

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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