Senate confirms Tom Vilsack as Agriculture Secretary with a 92-7 vote

[Budi]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/senate-confirms-tom-vilsack-as-agriculture-secretary-he-endorses-boosting-climate-friendly-agricultural-industries-01614112309

Thank You Senate
It's is obvious why the votes were in his favor.

Senate confirms Tom Vilsack as Agriculture Secretary with a 92-7 vote
The former Iowa governor spent eight years leading the same department for former President Barack Obama’s entire administration


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In his testimony, Vilsack, 70, heavily endorsed boosting climate-friendly agricultural industries such as the creation of biofuels, saying “Agriculture is one of our first and best ways to get some wins” on climate change
He proposed “building a rural economy based on biomanufacturing” and “turning agricultural waste into a variety of products.” He pledged to work closely with the Environmental Protection Agency to “spur the industry” on biofuels.

With systemic racial inequity now a nationwide talking point, Vilsack also envisioned creating an “equity taskforce” inside the department.
Its job, he said, would be to identify what he called “intentional or unintentional barriers” that prevent or discourage farmers of color from properly accessing federal assistance programs.

Vilsack also heavily backed the SNAP or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — commonly known as food stamps — as a key instrument in helping the country’s most vulnerable families survive and recover from the pandemic era. His Trump-era predecessor, Sonny Perdue, had sought to purge hundreds of thousands of people from the SNAP-recipient lists.

"He faced minimal opposition throughout the confirmation process."
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So pretty much everyone respects him & trusts him.
92-7

Here are the seven:
Cruz
Hagerty
Hawley
Paul
Rubio
Sanders
Scott
Oh well!

CONGRATS ON YOUR 92 VOTES TO CONFIRM, SEN VILSACK . They know & trust you.💙👍

[msongs]

1. one of those 7 sorta stands out, does he not nt

[Ocelot II]

3. Vilsack isn't pure enough for Bernie.

[Budi]

4. mmmm. Little Marco?

Cancun Cruz?
Josh Hawley, the white supremacist with the fist salute?

92 Senators didn't wanna be stuck wearing the stink of those characters forever

[Ocelot II]

2. The usual suspects. They'd vote against Jesus if Biden nominated him.

[liberalmuse]

5. The Treasonous Ones must've taken a blood oath with Trump.

WTF - Bernie Sanders voted the same as the Trumplickers?

[ebbie15644]

6. I just knew Manchin would vote for HIM