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Opening Statement of Thomas J. Vilsack Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture – Remarks as Delivered

WASHINGTON, May 10, 2022: Thank you, Madam Chair. I certainly appreciate the opportunity to be here this morning and I appreciate the attention of the committee members as well. Let me start with a very important and, I think, significant statistic about the ag appropriations process: non-Defense...

Prepared Written Statement by Dr. Jewel Bronaugh, Deputy Secretary United States Department of Agriculture Before the Surface Transportation Board EP 770: Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service

Chairman Oberman, Vice Chairman Shultz, and Members Fuchs, Primus, and Hedlund—the Department of Agriculture appreciates your holding this hearing. We are grateful for the opportunity to provide a perspective on the challenges the agricultural sector faces with respect to rail transportation. I’m Dr...

Verbal Statement by Dr. Jewel Bronaugh, Deputy Secretary United States Department of Agriculture Before the Surface Transportation Board EP 770: Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service

Chairman Oberman, Vice Chairman Shultz, and Members of the Board—the Department of Agriculture appreciates your holding this hearing and for the opportunity to provide a perspective on the challenges the agricultural sector faces with respect to rail transportation. I’m Dr. Jewel Bronaugh, Deputy...

Secretary Vilsack’s Announcement of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Program – Remarks as Delivered

To watch the recording, please view the Secretary Vilsack Highlights Biden-Harris Administration Work to Combat Climate Change video. JEFFERSON CITY, MO, February 7, 2022: Thank you, folks. Thank you. President Moseley, thank you very much for a kind introduction and a great history lesson about...

Remarks as Delivered by Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at Avian Influenza Outbreak Conference in Des Moines, Iowa

Vilsack: Greta, thank you very much. I know I'm in Iowa, Governor, when the meeting starts at 8 o'clock. In D.C., this would be about a 10 o'clock meeting, so it's great to be back home. I certainly appreciate Governor Branstad and Lieutenant Governor Reynolds and their interest and involvement in...

Remarks as Delivered by Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden and NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman at Signing of USDA-NASA Partnership Agreement

July 16, 2015 Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden: Thank you, Dr. Tu and so good to be with you, Dr. Newman, especially out here. I see you in Washington, but this is a lot more fun. As Deputy Secretary, I get to do a lot of kind of cool stuff as you might imagine mainly with farmers and ranchers, with...

Remarks as Delivered by Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden at the World Cocoa Foundation 2015 Partnership Meeting

July 1, 2015 Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden: It is a great opportunity to be with you and first of all I send regards from a colleague of mine at USDA, Anne Alonzo, who I believe may have been the first female head of this organization, or the first chair or president - I am not sure the right term...

Transcript: Remarks as Delivered by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at the 2015 World Food Prize Laureate Announcement Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC

July 1, 2015 Sec. Vilsack: Thank you very much. Ambassador Quinn, thank you very, very much. Certainly have appreciated our friendship and our work together, uh to focus on the World Food prize and certainly carry out the great legacy of Dr. Borlaug and vision of John Ruan, another great Iowan who...