Thomas J. Vilsack: “It would likely mean a loss of 40,000 rental assistance units in rural America.”

Unless we decouple, unless we figure out ways in which we can encourage reinvestment back in these facilities, and continue to provide housing that is affordable for folks, we are going to have a serious problem in communities.

we would like to be able to open up more credit opportunities for beginning farmers

Every dollar of research generates twenty dollars, or more, of economic opportunity.

we have had a record year in farm income in the last 2 years; however, that bounty has not been fully shared by all farmers