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*While record-high egg prices <www.foxnews.com/food-drink/egg-prices-hit-record-high> have left Trump officials “scrambling” for a solution to bring down costs, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins floated options to “immediately” reduce money spent on the dietary staple. *
*”We’re looking at importing some eggs in the short term,” she said from the White House lawn on Wednesday.*
*”We’re talking to several countries around the world that can get us eggs right away. This would not be a long-term fix, but to immediately begin to bring those prices down.”*
*The fourth pillar of a five-pronged approach to alleviating some of the cost burden, importing eggs is just a portion of a more all-encompassing plan that entails deregulation, investments in biosecurity, repopulating fowl and investing in vaccines and therapeutic research.*
“At the end of the day, policy matters,” Rollins told Fox News’ Dana Perino.
“The egg prices we’re seeing now was [caused by] a long roll of overregulation, too many rules, too much government… so that’s [scaling back regulations] part of this plan as well.”
In January, the average price of a dozen eggs hit a record high of $4.95, up from $2.52 a year prior.
*While record-high egg prices <www.foxnews.com/food-drink/egg-prices-hit-record-high> have left Trump officials “scrambling” for a solution to bring down costs, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins floated options to “immediately” reduce money spent on the dietary staple. *
*”We’re looking at importing some eggs in the short term,” she said from the White House lawn on Wednesday.*
*”We’re talking to several countries around the world that can get us eggs right away. This would not be a long-term fix, but to immediately begin to bring those prices down.”*
*The fourth pillar of a five-pronged approach to alleviating some of the cost burden, importing eggs is just a portion of a more all-encompassing plan that entails deregulation, investments in biosecurity, repopulating fowl and investing in vaccines and therapeutic research.*
“At the end of the day, policy matters,” Rollins told Fox News’ Dana Perino.
“The egg prices we’re seeing now was [caused by] a long roll of overregulation, too many rules, too much government… so that’s [scaling back regulations] part of this plan as well.”
In January, the average price of a dozen eggs hit a record high of $4.95, up from $2.52 a year prior.