Senator Heitkamp Meets with President’s Nominee for Ag Secretary

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WASHINGTON D.C. — Senator Heidi Heitkamp says she will support President Trump’s Ag Secretary nominee.

Heitkamp met with former Gov. Sonny Perdue of Georgia to talk about her agriculture priorities.

She also reintroduced a bipartisan bill to lift restrictions on U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba.

Heitkamp and Perdue also talked about the need for a strong Farm Bill in 2018.

“So we’re looking forward to working with him even though he does not come from a state that grows wheat or soybeans,” said Senator Heitkamp. “We think that he has a clear understanding of the needs in rural America.”

North Dakota is the 9th largest agriculture exporting state in the U.S., with about $4.1 billion in commodities sold abroad each year.