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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue looks on during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in the press briefing room of the White House. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Judge rejects Trump plan to cut food aid

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue speaks during a forum April 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Firms tied to Cabinet members got PPP

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order to streamline the approval process for GMO crops, as Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue (R) claps following a speech by the president at the Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy ethanol plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa on June 11, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty)

USDA effort to take nutrition benefits

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

The US Department of Agriculture building (Getty/Saul Loeb)

USDA let food rot as food banks struggle

U.S. President Donald Trump (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

USDA fights to gut SNAP during pandemic

President Donald Trump speaks as he visits a new section of the border wall with Mexico in Calexico, CA, April 5, 2019. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump visa policy threatens food supply

Farmers warn of labor and food shortages

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order to streamline the approval process for GMO crops, as Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue (R) claps following a speech by the president at the Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy ethanol plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa on June 11, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty)

Trump moves forward with SNAP rule

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

A sign noting the acceptance of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards that are used by state welfare departments to issue benefits is displayed at a grocery store on December 04, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Tracing SNAP’s origins

Tracy Roof - The Conversation

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue speaks at an Ag Policy Summit during a visit Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019 to Decatur, Ill. Perdue has sought to assuage farmers' fears of financial problems after China halted purchases of U.S. farm products in an escalating trade war. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)

Trump ag sec wants carbon pricing

Nathanael Johnson - Grist

Brooklyn residents receive free food as part of a Bowery Mission outreach program on December 5, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The Christan ministry says it have seen a spike in need since food stamps to low-income families were reduced in November with cuts to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). (John Moore/Getty Images)

New rules may strip food stamps for 3.7M

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue speaks during a forum April 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Ag advocates hit back at Sonny Perdue

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue speaks during a forum April 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Farmers strike back on USDA chief

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

Bernie Sanders (Getty/Saul Loeb)

Sanders condemns Trump food stamps plan

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

(AP/Robert F. Bukaty)

Trump rule: Many could lose food stamps

Sonny Perdue (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump economists quit over farm spat

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, Agriculture Secretary-designate, former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue attends a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump tapped Perdue to be his agriculture secretary six weeks ago, but the administration still hasn’t formally provided the Senate with the paperwork for the nomination. The delay is frustrating farm-state senators, who represent many of the core voters who helped elect Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) (AP)

Perdue: SNAP users need dignity restored

David Edwards - Raw Story

Michelle Obama gives a speech on her "Let Girls Learn" initiative to a group of girls and young women in Madrid, Spain, June 30, 2016. (AP/Francisco Seco)

Dismantling Michelle's legacy

Tea Party supporter William Temple of Brunswick, Ga. (AP/David Goldman)

Tea Party's secret victory

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