Tom Vilsack
Tom Vilsack
Thomas James "Tom" Vilsackis an American politician who has served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture since 2009. A member of the Iowa Democratic Party, Vilsack served as the 40th Governor of Iowa from 1999 to 2007...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 December 1950
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
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In the past 40 years, the United States lost more than a million farmers and ranchers. Many of our farmers are aging. Today, only nine percent of family farm income comes from farming, and more and more of our farmers are looking elsewhere for their primary source of income.
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The rise of childhood obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk.
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One out of every 12 jobs in the economy is connected in some way, shape or form to what happens on the farm.
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The Department of Economic Development has done a good job in explaining that we can't be everything to everybody, ... We must identify what our core competencies are.
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The legislature this year established tax credits for small and large wind producers, ... That's a great combination with Sen. Grassley's work and Sen. Harkin's work on the production tax credit at the federal level.
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The generosity of Iowans once again on exhibit,
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The current inability to market products in Europe makes it extremely difficult - and the concerns that have been expressed in Europe are beginning to be raised in the Far East,