WASHINGTON — Tom Vilsack, President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of agriculture, pledged Tuesday to focus on climate change initiatives and work to address racial inequities in agricultural assistance programs. Republican Joni Ernst of Iowa questioned whether Vilsack’s commitment to biofuels would clash with the Biden administration’s public commitment to switch the federal vehicle fleet to electric cars and trucks. …
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden made two key domestic policy picks Tuesday, selecting Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as his housing and urban development secretary and former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reprise that role in his administration, according to five people familiar with the decisions. As news outlets started reporting Fudge’s selection as HUD secretary, she said on Capitol Hill …
LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden has selected Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as his housing and urban development secretary and former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reprise that role in his administration, according to five people familiar with the decisions. Biden sees Fudge as a leading voice for working families and a longtime champion of affordable housing, infrastructure …
