(Bloomberg) -- President-elect Donald Trump picked Brooke Rollins as US secretary of agriculture, tapping a member of his first-term White House team and elevating another loyalist to his incoming administration.

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Rollins’ commitment to supporting farmers, food self-sufficiency and the restoration of agriculture-dependent American small towns “is second to none,” Trump said Saturday in a statement.

Rollins heads the America First Policy Institute, which she founded in 2021 to help lay the groundwork for Trump’s eventual return to the White House. Its tasks included creating how-to guides for incoming staffers and policy recommendations from people who served during the first Trump administration.

The conservative Texas lawyer was previously director of the Domestic Policy Council and assistant to the president for strategic initiatives during Trump’s first administration, where she was involved in securing a bipartisan criminal justice reform law. She also served as former Governor Rick Perry’s policy director before heading the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Rollins’ name emerged after CNN reported Friday that Trump was expected to select Kelly Loeffler, a former senator from Georgia and prominent donor.

His ultimate choice was a reminder that no nominee is final until announced by Trump — as evidenced by the contest for Treasury secretary, which spilled into public view and ended up with the president-elect picking hedge fund executive Scott Bessent, who beat out rivals in a dramatic competition after starting off as the front-runner.

If confirmed, Rollins will be a crucial adviser to lawmakers on shepherding a long-stalled farm bill through Congress after the 2018 reauthorization expired last year and received a short-term extension.

She’d also be likely to review the department’s internal operations, given Trump’s stated goal of making government cuts.

“I look forward to working with her to ensure that modern agriculture remains competitive and allows farm families to thrive so they can continue to supply an affordable and abundant supply of food and fiber,” Senator John Boozman of Arkansas, the senior Republican on chamber’s Agriculture Committee, said on X.