Biden picks Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge for HUD secretary, Tom Vilsack to lead Agriculture

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/biden-picks-ohio-rep-marcia-fudge-be-hud-secretary-n1250458?fbclid=IwAR2errDyTt6KPQapO08e96arbBvAHrRfktgmJqF--HPqHeqaIsAQNFT2lmA

President-elect Joe Biden tapped Rep. Marcia Fudge to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to serve as Agriculture Secretary, sources familiar with the decision told NBC News on Tuesday.

If confirmed, Fudge, 68, would be the first Black woman to lead the department in decades. Patricia R. Harris under President Jimmy Carter was the first. Fudge, who has been an advocate for fair labor practices, and civil and human rights, had long been a top contender for the position. However, Fudge, who serves on the House Committee on Agriculture, and her allies were pushing for Agriculture Secretary.

But Vilsack previously served as Agriculture Secretary under President Obama for eight years, which puts a confidant in Biden's cabinet. Vilsack is also expected to bring a source of institutional knowledge to the post.

If confirmed, Vilsack, 69, would lead an agency at a time when American farmers have been hit hard by Trump's trade war with China, but still largely remain loyal to the outgoing president, and as the poorest Americans are struggling with food security during the coronavirus pandemic.

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the Department of Ag is in total shambles. Many of it's sub agencies have been gutted and moved to hell knows where. Hope fully Vilsack can recruit many of those people whom were fired laid off or what ever,to come back and put the Department together.

Irony being,we know the bulk of the people whom this agency serves are Republican voters,and they are the ones whom are going to feel the wrath of their hero DiaperDon and how he planted economic time bombs through out the Ag sector of our Nation.

Fully understand where and why Biden selected Vilsack,we need to touch base with Rural America in a big way cause it appears we are looking at the 1980's once again.