Closing Remarks by President Obama at the White House Rural Economic Forum

Peosta, Iowa–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2011 – 2:46 P.M. CDT

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you, everybody.  Thank you so much.  Please, please, everybody have a seat.  

I just want to, again, thank my extraordinary Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for leading this forum.  (Applause.)  You don’t have a more passionate advocate for farming communities in rural America than Tom Vilsack.  And I will tell you, if you are not fully persuaded…