Senate Agriculture Committee Advances USDA Under Secretary for Trade Nomination
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Oct. 2 voted to advance the nomination of Ted McKinney to be under secretary of agriculture for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, the committee announced. “With today’s vote, the Senate Agriculture Committee continues to do…
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our part to vet and swiftly advance USDA nominees,” committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and ranking member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said in a statement. “We will continue to work together to get Secretary [Sonny] Perdue a qualified, functioning team at USDA. Our farmers and ranchers are counting on us.” During his Sept. 19 confirmation hearing, McKinney said dismantling foreign sanitary and phytosanitary trade barriers would be his top priority if confirmed (see 1709190020). The office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., didn’t comment on when the full Senate might vote on whether to confirm McKinney.