"I know nothing about the inner workings of Russia. I don't deal there. I have no businesses there. I have no loans from Russia."

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Very few people know that my department is responsible for 1.2 million home loans since I have been secretary. That's 1.2 million families that are living in homes in rural America that would never have homeownership, but for the United States Department of Agriculture's programs. We have to do more of educating people about the partnership that does exist between rural America and their government.

— Tom Vilsack