Thomas J. Vilsack: “the goal of this budget, frankly, is to invest in a stronger America, and to expand our middle class”

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

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

It is an outrage--I mean, to me, it is an outrageous process because it comes as a tremendous surprise.

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