Tom Vilsack: “I have a lot of confidence in the U.S. Trade Representative designee, Ron Kirk, to understand that.”

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

What I am happy to do is work with the Members of this Committee and others to pass the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (117th Congress--H.R. 1603), which could have solved this problem, Congressman.

If you make hunger the number one priority, then I can guarantee you that governors will have to listen, corporate CEOs will have to listen, nonprofits will have to listen.

States know who the recipients are because they administer the SNAP Program, and they also know where the jobs are.