Quotes by Tom Vilsack

Tom Vilsack

A healthy workforce is essential to grow our state and compete in the global marketplace. These actions are important to improve the health security of Iowans by making healthcare more affordable and accessible.

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Although they are some of the hardest working folks I know, rural Americans earn, on average, $11,000 less than their urban counterparts each year. And they are more likely to live in poverty.

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Poverty

Years

And sometimes people don’t realize that 90 percent of the persistent poverty counties are located in rural America.

America

People

Poverty

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.

Agriculture

America

Work

Every political race I’ve started, I’ve entered as an underdog and a long shot. This is certainly no exception. But I happen to be the best person for this job. Democrats need someone who can win. And there are two strategies for winning: You can energize the base, which is the strategy the party has used in the last couple of elections…unfortunately without success.Or you can energize and expand the base and bring the campaign to states where we’ve not had much success particularly in the heartland.

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Hillary Clinton was in rural America during the Iowa caucuses, but I think the nature of a campaign makes it more difficult once you become the candidate. There’s a messaging opportunity here throughout, not just in the election season, but before the election, the opportunity to underscore what government is doing in a positive way in partnership with rural folks. I think it’s a messaging issue. It’s being there physically, talking to folks, listening to people, respecting and admiring what they do, and then making sure that they understand precisely what the partnership is.

Opportunity

People

Thinking

I can’t give you a specific number today, in large part because the analysis upon which we would make that determination has not been completed. . . . I think it is fair to say there may be additional costs associated with a farming operation, but it is very difficult to quantify.

Determination

Numbers

Thinking

I grew up in a city. My parents would think there was something wrong with America if they knew I was secretary of agriculture.

Agriculture

Cities

Thinking

I think President Barack Obama is going to be treated very, very well by history in terms of his ability to save the economy. And that’s certainly true in rural areas. The unemployment rate is substantially reduced, the poverty rate is down, and in large part because of the investments that were made during the Recovery Act and thereafter, historic investments.

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Recovery

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I think the Democrats have – we really have failed to be in rural America, in the sense of having our leaders spending time talking to folks in rural America. The president Barack Obama has been there, but other than the president and vice president, we have had not a whole lot of conversation in rural America.

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Quotes by Tom Vilsack

Tom Vilsack

A healthy workforce is essential to grow our state and compete in the global marketplace. These actions are important to improve the health security of Iowans by making healthcare more affordable and accessible.

Although they are some of the hardest working folks I know, rural Americans earn, on average, $11,000 less than their urban counterparts each year. And they are more likely to live in poverty.

And sometimes people don’t realize that 90 percent of the persistent poverty counties are located in rural America.

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.

I can’t give you a specific number today, in large part because the analysis upon which we would make that determination has not been completed. . . . I think it is fair to say there may be additional costs associated with a farming operation, but it is very difficult to quantify.

I grew up in a city. My parents would think there was something wrong with America if they knew I was secretary of agriculture.

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