Robert S. Bergland

Robert Selmer Bergland is an American politician. He served as a member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota's 7th congressional district from 1971 to 1977, and he served as United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1977 until 1981, during the administration of President Jimmy Carter. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Robert S. Bergland has 12 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1984 Forum as an Executive Vice President for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. The year with the most videos was 1991 with three videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 1986 with an average of 446 views per program. Most appearances with Richard Bryan (2), Bob Berglund (2). Most common tags: Agriculture, Consumer Issues.

Appearances by Title:c. January 1, 1982 - Present Executive Vice President, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association


Videos: 8

Previously

Secretary, Department of Agriculture c. January 1, 1977 - c. February 13, 1989 Videos: 3 Secretary c. August 7, 1988 - c. February 13, 1989 Videos: 0 U.S. Representative, D-MN 7th January 3, 1971 - January 22, 1977 Videos: 0

Recent Appearances

  • Food and Agriculture Policy Summit

    Food and Agriculture Policy Summit

    Former secretaries of agriculture discussed the challenges and opportunities facing agriculture and potential changes in agri…

  • Fully Deductible IRA's

    Fully Deductible IRA's

    The committee heard testimony on legislation that would make individual retirement accounts fully tax deductible as an effort…

  • All Consuming Images

    All Consuming Images

    Prof. Ewen spoke about the roots of America’s consumer-based society. He talked about how human relationships and desires are…

  • Energy Strategies for the Future

    Energy Strategies for the Future

    Sen. Richard Bryan (D-Nevada) spoke about the Bush administration’s energy plan and its influence on consumers. He addressed …

  • Greenhouse Effect

    Greenhouse Effect

    47th Annual National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Meeting.

  • Rural Electric Cooperatives

    Rural Electric Cooperatives

    Bob Bergland, the Executive Vice President of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, conducted a news conferenc…

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Historical Member of Congress Record

Former Ideology Rankings

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

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