Tom Vilsack: “I think there is still an opportunity and a hope that there is enough bipartisan support to get this passed.”

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

It is physically demanding and at times dangerous.

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.

Well, the House Agriculture appropriations talked about an 18 percent cut to our budget, so you can do the math.