Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack was at the Democratic National Convention this week in his personal capacity, and we got his views on a possible Kamala Harris presidency.
Speaking in an interview airing on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, Vilsack says he believes a Kamala Harris administration could speed the transition to clean energy and climate-smart agriculture started under Joe Biden. “A Harris-Walz administration can accelerate the job opportunities, can accelerate the income and the wealth creation, that this is going to bring,” he said.
Asked about Harris’ proposal for a ban on food price gouging, Vilsack says “it’s important and necessary I think for the federal government to be on the side of consumers. I think that’s essentially what Vice President Harris is saying. ‘Okay, you got a choice: you can be on the side of the industry or you can be on the side of the consumer.’”