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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. "
Working
Know
Live
" And sometimes people don't realize that 90 percent of the persistent poverty counties are located in rural America. "
America
Sometimes
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. "
Direction
Power
Green
" 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. "
Great
Jump
Need
" 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. "
Security
Questions
Job
" 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. "
Ship
Tough Times
You
" Food is a fairly significant aspect of my life. I have struggled mightily with food. With my weight. And I'm conscious of it. So I have a sensitivity to people who struggle with their weight. "
Food
My Life
People
" I don't care what anybody says: Nothing is better than a tomato you grow. There's something about it that's different than a tomato you can buy. It's a great thing. "
Nothing
Better
Care
" 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. "
Believe
Health
Know
" 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. "
Home
Health
Support
" I don't think the face of the Democratic Party is Nancy Pelosi. "
Party
Think
Democratic
" If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I could do, I would do it. "
Dance
Had
Could
" If we can get people to focus on fruits and vegetables and more healthy foods, we'll be better in terms of our healthcare situation. "
People
Health
Focus
" 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. "
People
Food
Work
" I grew up in a city. My parents would think there was something wrong with America if they knew I was secretary of agriculture. "
Wrong
Think
Parents
" In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years. "
Years
Exports
High
" 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. "
Education
Depression
Growth
" 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. "
Looking
Family
Aging
" I think we all share the same goal, which is a United States of America that inspires people and leads. "
America
Same
Goal
" It is critical to develop a biofuel industry powered by feedstocks produced in every corner of the country, in addition to the Midwest. That is why USDA has established five regional research centers working on science necessary to ensure profitable biofuels can be produced from a diverse range of feedstocks. "
Country
Working
Research
" 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. "
America
People
Appreciation
" Let us build a 21st-century rural economy of cutting-edge companies and technologies that lead us to energy and food security. Such an investment will revitalize rural America, re-establish our moral leadership on climate security and eliminate our addiction to foreign oil. "
Food
Energy
America
" Local and regional food systems are about opportunity. "
Opportunity
Systems
Local
" Many young and beginning farmers start out in local markets. Some stay there, and some scale up. "
Stay
Beginning
Young
" More than half of America's rural counties are losing population and with it, political representation. "
Political
America
Half
" One out of every 12 jobs in the economy is connected in some way, shape or form to what happens on the farm. "
Economy
Connected
Farm
" 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. "
Past
America
Effort
" 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. "
America
Opportunity
People
" President Obama has expressed his commitment to responsible stewardship of our land, water, and other natural resources. And one way of restoring the land to its natural condition is what we are doing here today - breaking pavement for the People's Garden. "
Doing
People
Commitment
" 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. "
Rural
Mom
Grandparents
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