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 | | in public; and, if we go back to the start of his career, his very first bill was to establish National Catfish Day, which if you're from Mississippi you know is a very big deal.- "From all this, came America's 25th Secretary of Agriculture. |
 | | In the Bible it says, 'weeping may endureth for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.' Well, today is indeed a day of joy and of celebration. |
 | | He called us 'the people's department,' and from our work for family farmers and ranchers, for rural America, fighting hunger, for food safety, for the environment, for free and fair trade -- I believe that this Department hands its leaders a golden opportunity to impact the lives of every American every day. |
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