The Senate Thursday confirmed Brooke Rollins to be the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The vote, 72-28, fell largely along party lines, although some Democrats who initially supported her, voted against her.

Rollins served in the final year of Trump’s first term as acting director of the White House's Domestic Policy Council.

In a new op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, US Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins outlined a new strategy she says will mitigate the spread of bird flu and lower the price of eggs — a signature issue of the 2024 election.

Avian flu helped drive up the price of a dozen eggs to nearly $5.00. That's a 53% increase year-to-year. Because of the virus, millions of chickens have had to be put down.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins revealed the Trump administration's five-step plan to bring down egg costs and combat avian flu.

Secretary Brooke Rollins outlined a “five pronged strategy” to lower the cost of eggs in a Wednesday Wall Street Journal op-ed citing the avian flu as an influencing factor in price hikes. “The Agriculture Department will invest up to $1 billion to curb this crisis and make eggs affordable again.