Tom Vilsack: “Fortunately, the Congress had the wisdom to include in the Recovery and Reinvestment Act more resources for SNAP, more…”

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

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

If those budget cuts, even the most conservative budget cut, that is to say, putting it back to levels of several years ago, would result, not in an increase in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)…

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