Tom Vilsack: “It is a very important aspect of the Department and one that I am absolutely committed to working on.”

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.

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

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