Tom Vilsack Confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture

In a widely expected outcome on February 23rd the Senate approved by a vote of 97 to 2 to confirm Tom Vilsack to a second tenure as Secretary of the USDA. He previously served in this role in the Administration of President Obama from 2009 through 2017. Active in Iowa politics and a strong and early supporter of both Presidents Obama and Biden in his home state, Vilsack served as Governor of Iowa from 1999 through 2007.