agriculture minister

I won't do that. That won't happen.

— Lars Klingbeil, Instagram statement responding to plans for a sugar tax on zero-sugar drinks

The past twelve months have been the driest in Austria since records began in 1850.

— Norbert Totschnig (ÖVP) at the press conference following the drought-relief agreement

I hope I left my country slightly better off than the way I found it. The next adventure awaits,

— Samantha Graham-Mare, Deputy Minister of Electricity and Energy, in a Facebook thank-you post after being removed

"Not a natural landslide, but a man-made landslide."— T. Siddique, Kerala State Agriculture Minister, on-site statement about the Wayanad mudslide (July 7, 2026).

We all deserve a chance at redemption.

— Fikile Mbalula, ANC secretary-general, defending Pule's selection and saying that we all deserve a chance at redemption.

We’ve always known we could not stop it, because it would arrive by migratory birds.

— Julie Collins, Agriculture Minister, told ABC.

It’s just another opportunity to remind everyone: He is Risen.

— Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture, responding to the lawsuit alleging she proselytized in the federal workplace; as reported by Salon.

Without greater sterile fly production... We cannot make it through a second summer.

— Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, at a news conference in Austin, urging accelerated sterile fly production to combat the New World screwworm.

Protecting our livestock industry is a national security issue of the utmost importance, and USDA is wasting no time in taking action. The United States has defeated this pest before, and we will do it again.

— Dudley Hoskins, the USDA's undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs, in a statement

We are not in the USA here: If you are sick, you should stay at home – without a wage cut.

— Jan van Aken, leader of The Left, reacting to the proposal; van Aken told t-online: We are not in the USA here: If you are sick, you should stay at home – without a wage cut.