Tom Vilsack

American farmers have done exactly what we asked them to do.

It’s very direct, and I think it speaks significantly and centrally to the challenges that many Iowa farmers face today.

If you make hunger the number one priority, then I can guarantee you that governors will have to listen, corporate CEOs will have to listen, nonprofits will have to listen.

It is physically demanding and at times dangerous.

If you authorize it, if Congress creates the opportunity for this, we will be more than happy to utilize that program.

If you take SNAP and you reduce it or you eliminate it, you are obviously going to impact not just the poor families that are receiving it.

If you raise the minimum wage, you would reduce the SNAP population by a significant amount.

There is no doubt that there are many, many, many working poor, working poor with an emphasis on working.

I think there are a lot of misconceptions about SNAP, and I think it stems from who people think are on SNAP.

It will if it is adequately funded.

Well, the House Agriculture appropriations talked about an 18 percent cut to our budget, so you can do the math.

We are writing to express our strong support for the above-referenced rule proposed on August 21, 2023, and urge the USDA to act expeditiously to finalize it.

The railroads should not be able to continue to operate without buffer for unexpected demand, make historic profits, and engage in enormous stock buybacks, all while providing subpar service to agricultural shippers and disregarding safety.

States know who the recipients are because they administer the SNAP Program, and they also know where the jobs are.

States know who the recipients are because they administer the SNAP Program, and they also know where the jobs are.

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

There is not enough money in that program.

The reality is that we don't need another study, there are literally hundreds of studies about the safety of this technology.

Transparency, the sunlight is an incredibly important tool.

I would say, frankly, that as a Nation we have underfunded research in agriculture for far too long.

There is nothing more foundational to a country's security and stability than its food supply.

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

States know who the recipients are because they administer the SNAP Program, and they also know where the jobs are.

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