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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Every dollar of SNAP benefits generates $1.84 in the economy in terms of economic activity. If people are able to buy a little more in the grocery store, someone has to stock it, package it, shelve it, process it, ship it. All of those are jobs. It's the most direct stimulus you can get in the economy during these tough times.
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It was a little bit more frightening than the earthquake I was in, ... You could see the faces of people screaming at you.
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The state and this city are engaged in a global competition for economic opportunity,
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Essentially, what happened was a count was not made in the prison industries section of the prison that would have identified immediately that individuals were missing,
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At President Obama's direction, the U.S Department of Agriculture is working hard to unleash the power of America's innovators and entrepreneurs to build a green energy economy.
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I wasn't in the White House, so I can't answer that question.
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I was very concerned about what I believed and what a lot of my citizens believed were unfair prices at the pump,
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It allows us to continue fostering the reputation of Iowa as an innovator and a renewable fuel and energy leader,
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We have the Department of Corrections, the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Transportation, our emergency management division (and) our Iowa National Guard working with local folks to try to put hundreds of thousands of sandbags in appropriate locations to try to reduce the damage and the impact. ... It's just a race against time.
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With all due respect to my friends in my party, I think they're wrong. And I think I've got the facts to prove it,
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It was a very tough winter for us. We didn't have the normal thaw, and as a result we're getting essentially all of this water at one time,
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It's a good day for Democrats. But it's over,
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This program is critical to the elderly, disabled and children of this state,
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I don't know if there is a Democrat who necessarily doesn't believe health care is a right instead of privilege. There is a significant between us and the Republican Party on that issue.