Tom Vilsack actually said...

"It would likely mean a loss of 40,000 rental assistance units in rural America."

"the goal of this budget, frankly, is to invest in a stronger America, and to expand our middle class"

"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 ..."

"An inclusive agriculture and rural life must be part of a shift to a bottom-up, middle-out system."