Tom Vilsack: “We see this as a critical component, as I said earlier, a critical pillar to a new revitalized rural economy.”

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

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

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.

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