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We have collected for you the TOP of Tom Vilsack's best quotes about Rural America! Here are collected all the quotes about Rural America starting from the birthday of the United States Secretary of Agriculture – December 13, 1950! We hope you will be inspired to new achievements with our constantly updated collection of quotes. At the moment, this page contains 7 sayings of Tom Vilsack about Rural America. We will be happy if you share our collection of quotes with your friends on social networks!

  • There is more potential for economic growth in rural America than at any time in decades.

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  • President Obama's fight for rural America is personal. He was raised by a single mom and grandparents from Kansas. He hails from a farming state, Illinois.

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    Tom Vilsack's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

  • People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back.

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  • 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.

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    "USDA Accomplishments in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency" by Sec. Tom Vilsack, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 26, 2011.

  • To keep farmers on the farm we must maintain a strong farm safety net, but we will also have to build a thriving companion economy to compliment production agriculture in rural America.

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    "Rebuilding and Revitalizing America’s Rural Communities" by Sec. Tom Vilsack, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 3, 2010.

  • I wish I could give you all the examples over the last two years as secretary of agriculture, where I hear people in rural America constantly being criticized, without any expression of appreciation for what they do do.

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    "Vilsack: 'I took it as a slam on rural America'". Interview with Ezra Klein, www.washingtonpost.com. March 8, 2011.

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

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    "Vilsack: 'I took it as a slam on rural America'". Interview with Ezra Klein, www.washingtonpost.com. March 8, 2011.
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Tom Vilsack

  • Born: December 13, 1950
  • Occupation: United States Secretary of Agriculture
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