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Brooke Rollins

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All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

Exactly. No one wants a handout. I think that's what a lot of people don't understand. So effectuating on that is really important.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

Yeah. And it's like all my dreams have come true. You know, I'll never forget when the president came down the escalator in 2015, and he was talking about, for every one new regulation, we're gonna get rid of two. And I thought, are you kidding me? For the first time? Are we making deregulation fun and sexy? Like, I've been talking about this in Texas, and no one wanted to talk about it, right?

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

Yeah. And it's like all my dreams have come true. You know, I'll never forget when the president came down the escalator in 2015, and he was talking about, for every one new regulation, we're gonna get rid of two. And I thought, are you kidding me? For the first time? Are we making deregulation fun and sexy? Like, I've been talking about this in Texas, and no one wanted to talk about it, right?

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

Even Republicans, like, oh, you know, we can never get rid of, once government's there, we just have to make it better. And Donald Trump 10 years ago started talking about it, made it a thing. The first year of Trump won for every one new regulation, 22 win. The next year it was 17, the next year 13, I think, and then by the end, because it got a little bit harder to find them.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

Even Republicans, like, oh, you know, we can never get rid of, once government's there, we just have to make it better. And Donald Trump 10 years ago started talking about it, made it a thing. The first year of Trump won for every one new regulation, 22 win. The next year it was 17, the next year 13, I think, and then by the end, because it got a little bit harder to find them.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

But still, it wasn't two to one. Our average was like 10 to one in the first Trump administration. Well, then you add on Elon Musk.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

But still, it wasn't two to one. Our average was like 10 to one in the first Trump administration. Well, then you add on Elon Musk.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

and his team of geniuses who normally would never even think about being in government, not that they wouldn't want to, but they wouldn't even begin to know how, you combine that with this idea that we're returning power to the people, we're downsizing government, we are not in charge, we're not here for the people to serve us like some monarchy, we're here to serve the people.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

and his team of geniuses who normally would never even think about being in government, not that they wouldn't want to, but they wouldn't even begin to know how, you combine that with this idea that we're returning power to the people, we're downsizing government, we are not in charge, we're not here for the people to serve us like some monarchy, we're here to serve the people.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

And that's a fundamental shift in the way we're thinking in the federal government, and then to add Elon on. So actually right after our cabinet meeting, maybe even right before a couple hours ago, I guess the news reports were saying, oh, he's headed back to do his business. I pulled him aside and I said, I hope this isn't true. This country needs you and your team forever.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

And that's a fundamental shift in the way we're thinking in the federal government, and then to add Elon on. So actually right after our cabinet meeting, maybe even right before a couple hours ago, I guess the news reports were saying, oh, he's headed back to do his business. I pulled him aside and I said, I hope this isn't true. This country needs you and your team forever.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

And to see now the states begin to add their own doges. This is how we save America. This is how we protect the country.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

And to see now the states begin to add their own doges. This is how we save America. This is how we protect the country.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

Exactly. And hopefully, we make it so powerful and get the people so involved that even the Democrats can't roll it back, that this is the long-term plan for the country.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

Exactly. And hopefully, we make it so powerful and get the people so involved that even the Democrats can't roll it back, that this is the long-term plan for the country.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

Well, I am encouraged that the Biden team couldn't get it done. I mean, they worked. And it's important. I know a lot of people are hating it, and they should, because it does become a Christmas tree of sorts. But the reference prices, which is what our farmers are paid on, have not been changed since the last farm bill, which was at the beginning of Trump 1.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

Well, I am encouraged that the Biden team couldn't get it done. I mean, they worked. And it's important. I know a lot of people are hating it, and they should, because it does become a Christmas tree of sorts. But the reference prices, which is what our farmers are paid on, have not been changed since the last farm bill, which was at the beginning of Trump 1.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

So Debbie Stabenow, who's now gone, was the lead Democrat in the Senate. The Senate was leading. Of course, Joe Biden, that team was sort of MIA. We've got a different team on the ground now.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

So Debbie Stabenow, who's now gone, was the lead Democrat in the Senate. The Senate was leading. Of course, Joe Biden, that team was sort of MIA. We've got a different team on the ground now.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture | All-In DC

And one of the very first conversations I had with Amy Klobuchar, who took Debbie Stabenow's place as the lead Democrat, of course, now we're running the Senate, it's a little bit different, is how do we get this done? But realizing that the SNAP program, which is what the Democrats are always trying to put more money into, that grew 40% under the Joe Biden term, 40%.