Thomas J. Vilsack: “We will never put at risk the farm bill programs. That is what happened before.”

investments in research that create new opportunities; new income opportunities, is a way of maintaining those small- and mid-sized farming operations

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

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

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