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United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, confirmed last Thursday, has hit the ground running to tackle soaring egg prices.
In an interview with Breitbart News, Rollins said she was committed to lowering food costs and combating inflation.
“First of all, it’s very clear that the president campaigned on significant and transformational change,” she told the outlet.
Rollins, a mother of four growing teenagers, said she felt the brunt of increased grocery prices during the Biden administration.
During Trump’s campaign, Rollins listened to his promises to the American people and began preparing for action.
“It’s really imperative to me and it’s very top of the list to work as hard as I can to help the president effectuate his vision on this issue of food prices, and specifically with eggs.”
While food prices overall have continued to rise, eggs have faced disproportionate increases due to nationwide avian flu infections.
Immediately after her confirmation, Rollins was briefed on the matter. She told Breitbart, “We’re not ready to announce anything yet, but next week we’ll be talking about this much more specifically.”
She pointed out that egg prices are “at an almost 40-year high,” but came down some during Trump’s first term. She stated the obvious regarding Biden’s inflation-inducing policies but was more inquisitive about why more action was not taken to combat avian flu.
“I don’t want to cast blame or point fingers, but we knew this avian flu was a problem over the last several years, and why more wasn’t done to address it three years ago, two years ago, one year ago? I’m still trying to figure out. But we’re on it. And we’re going to do everything we can to address it,” Rollins told Breitbart.
She referenced Canada’s biosecurity approach as one possibility to prevent avian flu but noted its complexities. Additionally, Rollins discussed ways to quickly repopulate farmers’ flocks.
“This is years of arguably ineffective decision-making and not completely addressing the problem. There is a good chance we begin to cool this down over the coming weeks, more likely the coming months, and we’re already in talks with other food producers across the country, but I think it’s important everyone realize there is not a magic wand to be waved here,” she stated.
Rollins said the solutions she plans to adopt will help lower prices over the next quarter and for many decades to come.