LAFAYETTE, LA – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R-LA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins highlighting the lack of Southern representation in the newly proposed regional hub locations of Raleigh, NC; Kansas City, MO; Indianapolis, IN; Fort Collins, CO; and Salt Lake City, UT. The letter proposes adding New Orleans, LA, as an alternative site.
“Despite the Democrat-forced shutdown, my advocacy for Louisiana and access to the White House remain unaffected,” said Congressman Higgins. “President Trump and Secretary Rollins are right to decentralize the Department of Agriculture from Washington D.C. bureaucrats. However, I’m concerned that the Deep South and Gulf Coast are underrepresented in the current slate of proposed locations.”
In the letter, Congressman Higgins and Governor Landry wrote, “I urge your full and fair consideration for Louisiana to be home to a USDA Regional Hub, specifically New Orleans as it is located on the vital Mississippi River and operates as a world-renowned center of trade. A regional hub in New Orleans would represent commodities not served by any of the other hub locations, especially cotton, sugarcane and rice.”
Read the full letter here.
