Brooke Rollins

And in the first administration, and healthcare was under my portfolio in domestic policy, as conservatives, we've long talked about how do we make America healthy again, but very much from a numbers perspective, right? The cost to the healthcare system At the back end of this, it's not just the taxpayers funding it at the front end with the junk food and the sugary drinks and the diabetes.

And in the first administration, and healthcare was under my portfolio in domestic policy, as conservatives, we've long talked about how do we make America healthy again, but very much from a numbers perspective, right? The cost to the healthcare system At the back end of this, it's not just the taxpayers funding it at the front end with the junk food and the sugary drinks and the diabetes.

I mean, it's really stunning what's happened just in the last couple of decades. But then on the back end, the cost to our healthcare system in treating those chronic diseases is going to bankrupt our country. It's almost bankrupting all the states right now through Medicaid. So how do we solve for that? And enter Bobby Kennedy.

I mean, it's really stunning what's happened just in the last couple of decades. But then on the back end, the cost to our healthcare system in treating those chronic diseases is going to bankrupt our country. It's almost bankrupting all the states right now through Medicaid. So how do we solve for that? And enter Bobby Kennedy.

And Bobby and I don't agree on everything, but we do agree on most things. And the opportunity, I was just with him yesterday touring some farms and talking about nutrition and agriculture all day. the opportunity for the agriculture lead and the health lead to work daily, hand in hand, to solve this together. You can't solve this through government regulation. You just can't.

And Bobby and I don't agree on everything, but we do agree on most things. And the opportunity, I was just with him yesterday touring some farms and talking about nutrition and agriculture all day. the opportunity for the agriculture lead and the health lead to work daily, hand in hand, to solve this together. You can't solve this through government regulation. You just can't.

But you solve it through nutrition, through empowering your farmers, through getting good food into these programs versus the ultra-processed, et cetera, et cetera. We've all heard Bobby use these points. And he couldn't be more right. And listen, It's, again, talk about realigning the world economy with the president's vision of tariffs.

But you solve it through nutrition, through empowering your farmers, through getting good food into these programs versus the ultra-processed, et cetera, et cetera. We've all heard Bobby use these points. And he couldn't be more right. And listen, It's, again, talk about realigning the world economy with the president's vision of tariffs.

It's also realigning how we look at food, how we as a federal government, to your point on SNAP and other food programs, we have 13 nutrition programs. Listen to this number. This is going to astound you. In America today, through USDA, this is not all the other agencies. This is just here at USDA. We spend $370 million a day on nutrition programs.

It's also realigning how we look at food, how we as a federal government, to your point on SNAP and other food programs, we have 13 nutrition programs. Listen to this number. This is going to astound you. In America today, through USDA, this is not all the other agencies. This is just here at USDA. We spend $370 million a day on nutrition programs.

So not just SNAP, but food banks and all of the other ones. That's just USDA. That is a stunning number. We've got to do better. And so that's a big part of it. So Secretary Kennedy and I are on this. We are so aligned. We've got the dietary guidelines we're doing right now.

So not just SNAP, but food banks and all of the other ones. That's just USDA. That is a stunning number. We've got to do better. And so that's a big part of it. So Secretary Kennedy and I are on this. We are so aligned. We've got the dietary guidelines we're doing right now.

Well, I will. I will talk about it. I will also say that those that represent those industries, they are good people who are raising their families. And I do believe their talking point is freedom. Why should someone at the bottom of the socioeconomic level ladder not be able to buy the same things you and I could buy? Of course, my answer is, well, we're not using taxpayer dollars.

Well, I will. I will talk about it. I will also say that those that represent those industries, they are good people who are raising their families. And I do believe their talking point is freedom. Why should someone at the bottom of the socioeconomic level ladder not be able to buy the same things you and I could buy? Of course, my answer is, well, we're not using taxpayer dollars.

That's a big difference. And we're not paying for it on the back end. But I understand. I understand where they would potentially be coming from. But the amount of money that is at stake is reflected in the amount of lobbyists that are out and about and certainly very much a part of the Washington, D.C. establishment. But it goes directly to why as difficult,

That's a big difference. And we're not paying for it on the back end. But I understand. I understand where they would potentially be coming from. But the amount of money that is at stake is reflected in the amount of lobbyists that are out and about and certainly very much a part of the Washington, D.C. establishment. But it goes directly to why as difficult,

And as challenging as these policy issues are for all of us in President Trump's cabinet, reflecting today on the 100th day celebration, it's also so different because none of us are of Washington. That was true in the first term, and that's why I felt so freed. I could just do what was right. He just said, go do what's right.

And as challenging as these policy issues are for all of us in President Trump's cabinet, reflecting today on the 100th day celebration, it's also so different because none of us are of Washington. That was true in the first term, and that's why I felt so freed. I could just do what was right. He just said, go do what's right.

But in the first term, we didn't really know yet how to do it, what we were doing, and who was on our side. That four-year pause in between term one and term two, it was the greatest gift. I mean, not only could we plan, but we also fully understood who was in it to save the country, what it was that we needed to do to get this done. And for me, this is so black and white.

But in the first term, we didn't really know yet how to do it, what we were doing, and who was on our side. That four-year pause in between term one and term two, it was the greatest gift. I mean, not only could we plan, but we also fully understood who was in it to save the country, what it was that we needed to do to get this done. And for me, this is so black and white.