Senator Dorgan says he expects former North Dakota governor Ed Schafer will easily be confirmed as the next US Secretary of Agriculture.
Senate Ag committee chair Tom Harkin has scheduled confirmation hearings on Schafer`s nomination on Thursday.
Dorgan and Senator Kent Conrad plan to accompany Schafer to the hearings.
"Ed Schafer is a North Dakotan, and it`s an honor to have him in that position," Dorgan says. "We`re trying to work through a farm bill right now. We`ve got a couple threats of presidential vetoes against the House and the Senate, but we`re hoping to work through that to avoid that."
Dorgan says he expects to hear an answer on Schafer`s nomination by next week.
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