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Rollins defends tax policies, calls for domestic fertilizer
Brooke Rollins, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary, defended tax policies supporting farmers and urged increased domestic fertilizer manufacturing amid tensions with Iran.
Rollins testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee that over two million family farms were saved by exemptions from federal estate taxes.
She credited President Trump with benefiting American farmers by doubling the death tax exemption in the past two years.
Rollins requested more congressional support for domestic fertilizer production, noting efforts to restore phosphate and ammonia manufacturing in the U.S..