food policy, national security, China, intellectual property, food supply Transcript Well, good morning, and I am so blessed and pleased to be here with Brooke, who is a dear friend of mine, and our hearts and prayers still continue to go out with Texas, and I'll be back down there in a few days to spend more time with them and to help them continue to heal with recovery efforts. The one thing I wanted to share with all of you today is that long before I had the honor of serving as President Trump's Homeland Security Secretary, I was a farmer. I was a rancher. In fact, I've worked on food policy for over 30 years. And I recognize that food policy is national security policy. A country who cannot feed itself, cannot take care of itself, and cannot provide for itself is not secure. And that we have to be able to feed ourselves to make sure that no other country ever controls us.
00:00Well, good morning, and I am so blessed and pleased to be here with Brooke, who is a dear friend of mine,
00:05and our hearts and prayers still continue to go out with Texas, and I'll be back down there in a few days to spend more time with them
00:10and to help them continue to heal with recovery efforts.
00:15The one thing I wanted to share with all of you today is that long before I had the honor of serving as President Trump's Homeland Security Secretary,
00:22I was a farmer. I was a rancher. In fact, I've worked on food policy for over 30 years,
00:27and I recognize that food policy is national security policy.
00:32A country who cannot feed itself, cannot take care of itself, and cannot provide for itself is not secure,
00:39and that we have to be able to feed ourselves to make sure that no other country ever controls us.
