Dear John:
Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is campaigning to be Biden’s pick for the top post at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but her appointment would be a big win for CEOs in corporate agriculture and the fossil fuel industry.
Take action to tell Joe Biden to not nominate Heidi Heitkamp.
Bayer-Monsanto, Syngenta, and Cargill. Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. British Petroleum and ConocoPhillips. Heitkamp’s biggest donors sit in the executive suites of the corporations who hurt everyday people the most.
Maybe that’s why she voted with Trump 68 percent of the time in the Senate.
The next head of the USDA must be someone who will stand up to corporate abusers on behalf of rural, suburban, and urban America, not a politician who helped corporations capture the government at our expense.
Sign your name: Tell President-elect Joe Biden not to consider Heidi Heitkamp for USDA Secretary.
The president-elect and vice president-elect campaigned on the promise to tackle the climate emergency. But nominees like Heitkamp will only make the climate crisis worse. Heitkamp even supported the Keystone and Dakota Access gas pipelines, against the wishes of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in her state.
In the Senate, Heitkamp led legislation that increased subsidies and loopholes for Big Ag, shielded factory farms from reporting toxic air pollution, and thwarted progress on combating climate change -- including cosponsoring legislation that would roll back environmental regulations and expand drilling on public lands. She also broke with her party to confirm Scott Pruitt as head of the EPA.
Take action now: Heidi Heitkamp is the wrong choice for USDA Secretary.
Our next USDA Secretary needs to help drive ambitious solutions to the climate crisis by reining in Big Ag. Heidi Heitkamp is nowhere near the leader we need. Her environmental record and support of the fossil fuel industry should disqualify her from leading the agency.
30,000 Signatures still needed: Urge Joe Biden to withdraw Heidi Heitkamp from consideration for the USDA Secretary position.
In solidarity,
Shawn Sebastian
People’s Action
