We thank everyone for joining us for our first Small Business meeting of 2020. I want to especially thank the witnesses for taking the time to travel from across the country and take time away from their businesses to have this important discussion. There will be members coming and going or overlapping hearings with other committees. Youll see folks, and we ask for your patience with that as well. Farming and agriculture are at the heart of strong economies around the country. It is crucial to insure that our communities thrive. Coming from colorado, i understand the importance that farming and agriculture have on our states way of life and economic wellbeing. Nearly half of colorados 66 million acres are dedicated to over 30,000 farms and ranches. Many of which are small, locally owned operations. Colorados a leading producer of cattle, corn, wheat, and dairy. Colorados small farms are raising everything from bison and ostriches and growing mushrooms and grapes to name a few. In the 2
Say thank yo. Thank you to the city of las vegas and the great state of nevada for hosting us. [applause] like to i would recognize a few local leaders from the community. Congressman stephen horse martin. Mayor john lee. Ethan robertson. Las vegas city councilman brian. And mayor eric garcetti. [applause] id very much like to thank our host committee, the thenizations who created vision for this event. Provider resources to make it a reality. Invited the candidates, and have brought hundreds of their members to nevada to be here with us today. You can see their logos on the banner behind me. Those organizations are in no particular order. The International Union of operating engineers, the American Society of civil engineers, the value of water campaign, the American Council of engineering companies, the association of equipment manufacturers, transport Workers Union of america. , the American Public transportation association, transportation trades department, the american road and t
And more people to flee their homes and ask if that is the solution. Our planets climate is changing at an alarming rate and leading to extreme weather patterns over the past 140 years since 880. 00 the earths average surface temperature has risen by just over one degree but the rise is already having an impact. Storms flooding and drought a causing more and more people to leave their homes the un says that 5205200 1000000 people will have been displaced by the effects of climate change. Where will they go. Grew up here in the highlands of guatemala. Shes grown potatoes all her life start in recent years things have changed. Yet this little plant and as you can see she isnt Strong Enough to survive if we cant use it for seeds or potato production its a loss in sydney. Every year drought and frost destroy many potato plants which is all a family grow on their fields. In guatemalas Western Highlands most people are small scale farmers and 3 quarters of them live in poverty during the rai
Acute shortage of psychologists. But 1st we look at how Climate Change is raging more and more people to feed their homes and ask if there is a solution to. Our planets climate is changing at an alarming rate and leading to extreme weather patterns over the past 140 years since 880. 00 the earths average surface temperature has risen by just over one degree but the rise is already having an impact. Storms flooding and drought a causing more and more people to leave their homes the un says that 5205200 1000000 people will have been displaced by the effects of Climate Change. Where will they go. Grew up here in the highlands of guatemala. Shes grown potatoes all her life in recent years things have changed. Yet this little plant as you can see she isnt Strong Enough to survive if we cant use it was seeds of potato production its a loss in sydney. Every year drought and frost destroy many potato plants which is all our family grow on their fields. In guatemalas Western Highlands most peop
Hello everyone. Good morning and thank you for sticking around we are thrilled to have the governor of colorado back for the second year in a row i am an Energy Reporter at politico. We have a limited time so we will have a speed round on a number of topics for governor hogan. Colorado has very ambitious climate goals. Can you outline those for us. Yes i ran for office with a goal of 100 Renewable Energy by 2040. We already had several communities that stepped up with more aggressive goals the first was pueblo, colorado our industrial heartland with a goal of 100 Renewable Energy by 2035 also to cities that have already achieved 100 aspen and now glenwood springs. We look forward to have the statewide story. We have a variety of utility providers and number of municipals, some are leading the way, some are lagging that were looking forward to work with everybody to achieve that. You talked about 100 renewables in just 20 years but the plan you put forward has no enforcement mechanism s