“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“Here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen; we won and he lost.”

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Tom Vilsack

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Tom Vilsack is an American politician and attorney who has served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture since March 2021. He previously held the same position from January 2009 to January 2017 under President Barack Obama. Vilsack's tenure has focused on issues such as food security, rural development, and agricultural sustainability. He has been a prominent advocate for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and has emphasized the importance of supporting farmers and rural communities.

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Apr 24, 2012

This is the way the system is supposed to work. We're supposed to identify these circumstances and make sure that they don't get in the food supply.

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Mar 28, 2012

The Congress was not clear, and was not definitive and specific.

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Mar 28, 2012

Yes. And that's why we had 15,000 store reviews.

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Mar 28, 2012

Let me reiterate, without any equivocation, something that we have said hundreds of times, this product is safe, and there's no question about it.

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Mar 28, 2012

These are tough decisions, and obviously, people are going to come and they're going to talk very passionately about the need for their individual office.

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Mar 28, 2012

Our funding has been flat-lined, for the most part. It hasn't been increased dramatically.

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Mar 28, 2012

I'm happy to personally get that rectified.

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Mar 28, 2012

These are not easy decisions, trust me. We did not take these lightly.

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Mar 28, 2012

It's not so much the equipment. It's the software.

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Mar 28, 2012

I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the administration's priorities for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and provide you an overview of the President's 2013 budget.

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Mar 28, 2012

Mr. Chairman, we do believe it is adequate.

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