"I, if I am confirmed as Secretary, and the Under Secretary and the people who are responsible for administering these programs are held accountable."
"What we need is to make sure that we have people on those appeal boards at the county level and at the State level that also represent that diversity."
"We are from the Government. We want to affiliate ourselves with a community-building organization that you do trust."
"I would anticipate and expect that we would put together, for lack of a better term, an equity commission or a task force."
"I exercised the power to enhance the diversity in many of those county committees."
"I think one of the things that we could do and should do it is for the Secretary of Agriculture to reach out to the Attorney General."
"I think the President has got the right vision of zero emission agriculture."
"I am happy to work with you and your staff on anything that would allow us to advance country-of-origin labeling."
"I think there are ways in which we could also expand significantly processing opportunities in this country."
"We are going to look at every vehicle that we have, every capacity we have within USDA to make sure that we have open, fair, and transparent markets."
"Senator, we are going to look for ways in which we can encourage and incent and continue to support the biofuel industry."
"Let me say to all the farmers gathered here today in the wake of Hurricane Michael, we are with you and we will stay with you until we rebuild and recover better than ever before."