Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
Nomination of Dr. Homer L. Wilkes to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment
This hearing will consider the nomination of Dr. Homer L. Wilkes to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment.
Dr. Wilkes was the state conservationist for Mississippi from 1994 to 2010. Since 2010, he has served at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. From 2013 to present, he has been the Director of the Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Restoration Division at USDA, part of the federal government’s long-term response to 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster.
- Dr. Homer L. Wilkes, USDA