"Somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the……" — Tom Vilsack
"Somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the food you eat has been touched by immigrant hands, and it is fair to say some of them are not here as they should be here. But if you didn't have these folks, you would be spending a lot more - three, four or five times more - for food, or we would have to import food and have all the food security risks."
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53 Quotes by Tom Vilsack
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