Ag Nominees Part of Big List Of Names Sent To Congress

The White House sent a lengthy list of nominations to the Senate on Wednesday night that included USDA nominees Mindy Brashears, Scott Hutchins, and Naomi Earp. All three names had been submitted last year and voted on by the Senate Agriculture Committee, but were not scheduled for a vote in the Senate before Congress adjourned last month. Brashears has been nominated as undersecretary for food safety, Hutchins as undersecretary for research, education, and economics, and Earp as assistant secretary of agriculture. It is not clear yet whether the Senate Ag Committee will hold another set of confirmation hearings on the USDA nominees.