We obtained USDA Secretary Perdue's calendars, which show a heavy focus on industry groups and maintaining ties to his home state--traveling back to Georgia 13 times: politics.myajc.com/news/state--re…
Just Posted: USDA Secretary Perdue's calendars. See who he's been meeting with here: americanoversight.org/document/usda-…
The day after he was sworn into office, Secretary Perdue had breakfast with the Georgia Farm Bureau, which included his his first cousin, Georgia U.S. Sen. David Perdue, and American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall: documentcloud.org/documents/5011… 
Perdue also met with businessman and former chair of the Georgia Republican Party, Alec Poitevint shortly after being sworn in to discuss farm bill priorities: documentcloud.org/documents/5011…
Another entry shows Georgia Senators “honoring Secretary Perdue on his appointment from the President." documentcloud.org/documents/5011…
Secretary Perdue's calendars show that he traveled to Georgia 13 times in his first six months on the job. Trips to his home state were also often added on to official events at taxpayer expense: politics.myajc.com/news/state--re…
Perdue isn't the only cabinet member to fly home and take trips at taxpayer expense. See our full investigation: americanoversight.org/investigation/…
