Thomas J. Vilsack

It would likely mean a loss of 40,000 rental assistance units in rural America.

This budget is at a critical point, at a transformational point, in my view, in rural America, and in agriculture.

Every dollar of research generates twenty dollars, or more, of economic opportunity.

I think it is important for people to know who is actually receiving SNAP.

If those budget cuts, even the most conservative budget cut, that is to say, putting it back to levels of several years ago, would result, not in an increase in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)…

the goal of this budget, frankly, is to invest in a stronger America, and to expand our middle class

we want to provide more technical assistance to farmers who are embracing climate-smart practices

Unless we decouple, unless we figure out ways in which we can encourage reinvestment back in these facilities, and continue to provide housing that is affordable for folks, we are going to have a serious problem in communities.

We need to reduce methane, and we can. There are strategies, and we also need to capture it and convert it.

we have had a record year in farm income in the last 2 years; however, that bounty has not been fully shared by all farmers

we would like to be able to open up more credit opportunities for beginning farmers