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Tom Vilsack
American
Politician
Born:
Dec 13
,
1950
America
Food
Health
People
Will
You
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In his first year in office, President Obama pulled us back from the brink of the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression and worked to lay a new foundation for economic growth. The president identified three key strategies to build that lasting prosperity: innovation, investment, and education.
Tom Vilsack
Education
Depression
Great
Economic Crisis
Innovation
Key
Prosperity
Three
First
Build
Year
Lasting
President
Back
President Obama
Great Depression
Crisis
Obama
Economic
Lay
Economic Growth
Investment
Since
New
Identified
Greatest
His
Office
Us
Worked
Strategies
Foundation
Growth
Brink
Pulled
We have a long tradition in this state of caring for our neighbors - it is truly an Iowa value.
Tom Vilsack
Value
Long
State
Caring
Our
Neighbors
Long Tradition
Iowa
Tradition
Truly
When you've paid your debt to society, you need to be reconnected and re-engaged in society.
Tom Vilsack
You
Society
Debt
Paid
Your
Need
I don't think the face of the Democratic Party is Nancy Pelosi.
Tom Vilsack
Face
Party
Think
Nancy
Nancy Pelosi
Democratic
Democratic Party
Many young and beginning farmers start out in local markets. Some stay there, and some scale up.
Tom Vilsack
Beginning
Young
Local
Markets
Scale
Out
Stay
Some
Up
Farmers
Many
Start
In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.
Tom Vilsack
Best
Saw
High
Record
Years
Hit
Producers
Exports
Agricultural
Incomes
Nearly
Local and regional food systems are about opportunity.
Tom Vilsack
Food
Opportunity
Local
Systems
About
Regional
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.
Tom Vilsack
Poverty
Year
Live
Earn
Folks
Rural
Some
More
Counterparts
Know
Likely
Although
Than
American
Urban
Average
Working
Less
Each
Each Year
Hardest
There is more potential for economic growth in rural America than at any time in decades.
Tom Vilsack
Time
Rural
Rural America
More
Potential
Economic
Economic Growth
Than
Decades
America
Any
Growth
We're going to move from a commodity economy where you basically grow the same kind of crops - where a kernel of corn is a kernel of corn is a kernel of corn - to an ingredient economy where there will be a kernel of corn that will be designed for fuel, there will be a kernel of corn designed for livestock.
Tom Vilsack
You
Will
Corn
Kind
Crops
Economy
Same
Going
Move
Commodity
Where
Fuel
Ingredient
Grow
Livestock
Designed
Basically
Kernel
What Republicans have done in my view is that they are systematically dismantling a sense of community in America.
Tom Vilsack
Sense
Community
Systematically
America
Done
Republicans
Dismantling
View
Democrats have always historically referred to our families as working families, and I have sort of changed that moniker. I think what we have is a nation of worried families - families that are concerned about job security, families who thought their pensions were secure and now have questions.
Tom Vilsack
Job
Thought
Nation
Think
Changed
Our
Worried
Job Security
Secure
Security
Pensions
About
Concerned
Sort
Democrats
Always
Were
Referred
Questions
Historically
Families
Working
Working Families
Who
Now
I don't know of a Democrat - whether they're a conservative, a centrist or a liberal Democrat - that doesn't think that it's important to have quality jobs that pay decent wages so that families can support themselves, so that they can have the dignity of being able to afford health care, put money aside for pension, buy a home.
Tom Vilsack
Buy
Health
Home
Dignity
Quality
Money
Conservative
Care
Important
Pay
Think
Liberal
Jobs
Pension
Able
Put
Support
Know
Democrat
Health Care
Wages
Families
Afford
Decent
Being
Whether
Centrist
Aside
Themselves
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.
Tom Vilsack
Health
Care
Party
Believe
Significant
Instead
Between
Know
Democrat
Health Care
Issue
Privilege
Republican
Republican Party
Us
Who
Right
Necessarily
But It doesn't make sense for us to have a continued reliance on a supply of oil where whenever there is unrest in another part of the world, gasoline prices jump up. We need a renewable fuel industry that's more than corn-based, of course, and there are a whole series of great opportunities here.
Tom Vilsack
Great
World
Opportunities
Sense
Reliance
More
Unrest
Prices
Part
Supply
Make
Industry
Renewable
Another
Course
Continue
Up
Jump
Than
Whenever
Oil
Where
Fuel
Us
Whole
Series
Here
Gasoline
Need
There are ways we can go do a better job of educating young moms and dads about the vital role they have as the child's first teacher. I think there are ways in which we can partner with local school districts and states to do a better job to provide nutrition options at school.
Tom Vilsack
Teacher
Better
School
Job
First
Partner
Young
Think
Local
Local School
Nutrition
States
Ways
Vital
Districts
About
Better Job
School Districts
Educating
Go
Provide
Role
Child
Options
Which
Moms
Dads
If you think of what food is, it's the energy we use to do our daily work. I want people to know about the USDA. This is a very important department. It's not fully appreciated as such.
Tom Vilsack
Work
Food
Daily
You
People
Important
Energy
Think
Our
About
Know
Very
Department
Want
Use
Fully
Daily Work
Appreciated
To amplify our efforts, USDA is joining with First Lady Michelle Obama in aggressively promoting the 'Let's Move' campaign, which will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective strategies, and mobilizes public and private sector resources.
Tom Vilsack
Will
First
First Lady
Approach
Our
Resources
Sector
Obama
Promoting
Obesity
Comprehensive
Joining
Through
Combat
Builds
Private
Campaign
Effective
Private Sector
Michelle
Michelle Obama
Efforts
Childhood
Move
Lady
Which
Public
Epidemic
Strategies
Amplify
Over the past two years, the Obama Administration and USDA have worked to build a foundation for sustainable economic growth in rural America. At the center of our vision is an effort to increase domestic production and use of renewable energy.
Tom Vilsack
Vision
Build
Past
Energy
Increase
Our
Obama
Administration
Obama Administration
Rural
Rural America
Economic
Economic Growth
Over
Renewable
Renewable Energy
Years
Domestic
Effort
America
Sustainable
Center
Worked
Production
Use
Foundation
Growth
Two
This is an exciting time for farmers and ranchers of all types and sizes as agriculture is a bright spot in the American economy. In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.
Tom Vilsack
Time
Best
Agriculture
Types
Saw
High
Record
Exciting
Exciting Time
Economy
Spot
Years
Hit
American
American Economy
Sizes
Producers
Farmers
Exports
Agricultural
Bright
Incomes
Nearly
To help producers serve larger institutional customers like schools and hospitals, USDA has helped fund new regional infrastructure like cold storage warehouses, commercial kitchens and local slaughter facilities.
Tom Vilsack
Cold
Local
Facilities
Kitchens
Hospitals
New
Like
Institutional
Schools
Commercial
Storage
Regional
Infrastructure
Customers
Producers
Help
Helped
Fund
Larger
Serve
Slaughter
USDA is committed to keeping pace with the needs and progress of American agriculture by supporting new markets and movements that will keep farmers profitable and help create middle class jobs across the country.
Tom Vilsack
Needs
Class
Progress
Agriculture
Will
Country
Markets
Jobs
Supporting
New
American
Committed
Middle
Movements
Middle Class
Pace
Create
Across
Farmers
Help
Keep
Keeping
Profitable
The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children.
Tom Vilsack
Food
Insecurity
Our
Nutrition
Hunger
Obesity
Proper
Only
Leading
Access
Lack
Children
Among
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.
Tom Vilsack
Today
Family
Looking
Lost
Past
Farm
Elsewhere
Nine
Our
States
Percent
More
Only
More And More
Primary
Primary Source
Source
Years
Than
Family Farm
In The Past
Farmers
Farming
Aging
Many
Income
United
United States
Million
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.
Tom Vilsack
Buy
Tough Times
You
People
Benefits
Tough
Every
Those
Jobs
Able
Direct
Someone
More
Economic
Economic Activity
Economy
Most
Terms
Dollar
Stimulus
Snap
Ship
Stock
Times
Get
Store
Process
Package
Little
Grocery
Grocery Store
Activity
Quality, affordable housing is a key element of a strong and secure Iowa.
Tom Vilsack
Affordable Housing
Quality
Key
Strong
Secure
Iowa
Housing
Affordable
Element
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