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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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Mar 15, 2023

90 percent of our farmers need help.

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Mar 15, 2023

This has been with us for a while.

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Mar 15, 2023

I am told that by 2025, we will get that job done.

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Mar 15, 2023

I think it is an important one, and I think it has a rippling effect.

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Feb 9, 2023

Our review is not finished. We need to continue to look for ways in which we can create flexibility.

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Feb 9, 2023

Our review is not finished. We need to continue to look for ways in which we can create flexibility.

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Feb 8, 2023

Our review is not finished. We need to continue to look for ways in which we can create flexibility.

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Jun 2, 2022

Dairy producers, processors, and other stakeholders will have to agree on one dairy pricing plan.

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May 17, 2022

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) invests $40 million in Lake Champlain which will allow us to extend additional support throughout the basin.

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May 9, 2022

I appreciate your continued focus on this important issue for both impacted Maine producers, and those across the country.

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May 9, 2022

I just don't understand why it can't pass this body.

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May 9, 2022

This is nuts. This is just crazy what is going on here with the workforce.

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May 9, 2022

We are sort of nickleing-and-dime it, we are putting a Band-Aid on it.

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Apr 27, 2022

I just don't understand why it can't pass this body.

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Apr 27, 2022

We have begun to turn the tide on the pandemic and our country has made historic progress in the face of unprecedented challenges.

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Apr 27, 2022

We have identified those five additional states.

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Apr 27, 2022

This is nuts. This is just crazy what is going on here with the workforce.

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Apr 27, 2022

Under the President's leadership, America is building back better.

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Apr 27, 2022

This Budget is not a wish list, it is a to do list.

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Apr 27, 2022

I appreciate the support from Congress.

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Apr 27, 2022

What we need to do is be able to create additional ways in which profit centers and income sources can come from the farm.

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Mar 28, 2022

I think there needs to be some real thought about this, and we need to maybe suggest that on at least this occasion there may be a need for additional resources in that farm bill.

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Mar 28, 2022

I think we need a national standard, so that there is a better understanding of precisely what is acceptable.

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Feb 1, 2022

I think everybody agrees, or most everybody agrees that changes are necessary. Where there is disagreement is precisely how to structure those changes to deal with the regional difference in dairy.

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Feb 1, 2022

If you have too many competing proposals, essentially, you're back to the same old same old and it makes it more difficult because it's easier to sort of stalemate the process.

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