I'm going to be the unapologetic chief advocate, chief salesman for American agriculture products around the world. You grow 'em, we're going to sell 'em.

Since I was a boy - born into a farming family in Bonaire, GA - I've had agriculture running through my veins.

I've helped create and save thousands of American jobs.

I expect each and every USDA employee to uphold their fellow Americans' First Amendment freedoms.

I haven't run across anyone in Georgia who is not regretful and repentant of man's inhumanity when you talk about owning one another.

You see, greatness for a state doesn't require some huge monument for all to see. It is not a journey to a particular destination - but a commitment to follow a course of constant and never-ending improvement.