Tom Vilsack actually said...

"I deeply hope that Congressional leaders will reach an agreement to achieve deficit reduction while averting an across-the-board cut."

"Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the benefits to U.S. agriculture of ending the application of the Jackson-Vanik amendment and authorizing permanent normal trade relations for Russia."

"if we can compete on an even field, we will win that competition every time, but right now it is not necessarily even."

"there's no better calling to be able to improve the environment of this country, to make sure we continue to have the soil that allows us to have this rich diversity of agricultural production, to be ..."