Tom Vilsack actually said...

The problems that we face and are challenged today to address through this reauthorization process are significant and critical to the futur...

These grim statistics add a note of seriousness to these hearings that we hold today.

If we fail to address this issue aggressively now, we will clearly, clearly pay for it in significant increases in health care expenditures ...

The upcoming effort to reauthorize the Child Nutrition Program is a major opportunity for us to advance a number of key priorities for our c...