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Under Sonny Perdue, USDA Pursues Deregulatory Agenda

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Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House after a Roosevelt Room event April 25, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House after a Roosevelt Room event April 25, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Recent staff shake-ups at the White House have rattled agencies from the FBI to the State Department. One cabinet member who hasn't received as much attention is Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.

However, as Bloomberg reporter Alan Bjerga writes, Perdue "may be the most aggressive enforcer of President Donald Trump's pro-business and deregulatory agenda that the fewest Americans have ever heard of."

Here & Now's Lisa Mullins speaks with Bjerga (@AlanBjerga) about Perdue's time at the Department of Agriculture.

This segment aired on March 29, 2018.

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