U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins published an opinion piece in Fox News highlighting the strategic actions the Trump Administration is taking to address price fixing and protect American consumers.
“It is long past time for the federal government to take a hard look at competitive conditions in the agricultural marketplace, including through antitrust enforcement that promotes free market competition,” said Secretary Brooke Rollins. “President Trump is focused on providing both short-term and long-term solutions that will relieve the burden on our producers and secure our farm economy for generations to come. That’s why the executive order President Donald Trump signed on December 6, targeting price-fixing and anti-competitive behavior in our food supply chain, is more than a mere regulatory action, it’s a line in the sand.”
Read the full piece below.
The soul of America lives not in the bureaucratic hallways of Washington, but around kitchen tables, and in the fields, barns, and pastures that make those kitchen tables possible. When the men and women who feed, fuel and clothe our nation are under strain, our whole republic feels the pressure.
That’s why the executive order President Donald Trump signed on December 6, targeting price-fixing and anti-competitive behavior in our food supply chain, is more than a mere regulatory action — it’s a line in the sand. And it’s long overdue.
For decades, foreign interests and corporate monopolies have tightened their grip on the very system that feeds us.
And once again, President Trump is stepping up to defend it.
Since being sworn in at the beginning of this year, I have heard the same message from farmers and ranchers across every corner of this great country: the last four years under President Joe Biden were crushing.
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