When youve paid your debt to society, you need to be reconnected and re-engaged in society. – Tom Vilsack
President Obamas fight for rural America is personal. He was raised by a single mom and grandparents from Kansas. He hails from a farming state, Illinois. – Tom Vilsack
Food during my early years was a very difficult issue for me. I grew up in an addictive family. My mother had serious problems with alcohol and prescription drugs. I was an overweight kid. I can remember back in those days there werent the strategies that there are today to deal with those issues. – Tom Vilsack