The Senate advanced the nomination of Dr. Chavonda J. Jacobs-Young to be USDA undersecretary of agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics. The Senate Agriculture Committee took up her nomination in a business meeting in January and held a hearing on her nomination in November 2021.
Nearly 100 industry groups and stakeholders expressed support for Jacobs-Young’s nomination in a letter to Senate Ag Committee leadership in November, calling her the ideal candidate to lead the REE mission area with the experience and…
