Sonny Perdue: “I hope that you will hold me accountable on this.”

Public policy matters. Leadership matters. And that's why this election is so cotton-picking important for the state of Florida. I hope you all don't mess it up.

I expect each and every USDA employee to uphold their fellow Americans' First Amendment freedoms.

It is a very important responsibility of USDA. We have to leverage that because there is no way for USDA to have enough inspectors on the ground everywhere to certify organics.

We think the purpose is to help people move to independency . . . . We should help people when they are down but that should not be interminably.