Programs. This joint hearing of the Sub Committees on general fund communities, Risk Management, livestock reviewing the implementation of federal farm and Disaster Relief comes to order. Thank you and welcome to this joint hearing of the subcommittees on general farm commodities and Risk Management and livestock and foreign agriculture. Im pleased to be joined by my colleague and fellow chairman as well as my Ranking Member and the livestock Foreign Affairs Ranking Member. Welcome also to our chairman and my fellow texan Ranking Member. This first joint hearing comes at a very important time for farmers. Usda and in particular the Food Production and conservation missionary in the Farm Service Agency is in the middle of a huge job. F packed and fsa are currently at the home of three critical separate efforts to address the needs of farmers, ranchers in Rural Communities in our country. The Market Facilitation Program which is meant to assist those farmers most harmed by the administra
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 225, the nays are 181. The bill is passed. Without objection, mott etion to reconsider is the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on adoption of House Resolution 1210 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk House Resolution 1210. Resolution condemning the biden border crisis and the tremendous burdens Law Enforcement officers face as a result. The speaker pro tempore the question is on adoption of the resolution. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the spea
Of biological. Many states in various regions of the world have fallen into the sphere of us military interests, while the Us State Department is actively involved in bioprograms on the territory of foreign countries. Were documents are presented confirming the direct participation of the gsdp in the so called biosafety Enhancement Program initiated by former us president obama. Certain countries of the middle east are considered Priority Areas for the implementation of the program. Southeast asia and africa, as well as ukraine. To conceal the customers and purposes of the research, washington uses third parties. These are contracting and intermediary organizations metta, ch2m hill, eco health alliance, more than twenty companies in total. For nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations are actively used to cover the actions of the state department. According to the documents received, amounts were spent to finance them only during one year to ensure participation. At least 80 contract
Both anciently and now, and always and is always perplexing, is what is being, end quote. Does this question apply to the being that is asking, to us . Be so and it seems so if so, and it seems so, then to paraphrase aristotle, the inquiry and perplexity in early times and now and always is this what is human being . Our panelists are christopher toll left seven, distinguished professor of philosophy, university of south carolina, charles rubin, associate professor of political science, Duquesne University and author of eclipse of man Human Extinction and the meaning of progress. Adam kuiper of the ethics and Public Policy center, editor of the new atlantis. Christopher. Thank you very much. Its a pleasure to be here. Unlike most of the panelists so far, im not a former student of leon kass. In fact, only was introduced to you yesterday morning. So i feel the need to ask permission, can i call you leon in the [laughter] thank you. Okay. With that down, nevertheless even though im not a
The chair the gentleman will suspend. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman from new york, the gentleman from new york, mr. Serrano, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. Mr. Serrano sorry for interrupting you, mr. Chairman. My amendment is very straightforward and prohibit funds allocated in the bill being used for the construction and operation of private forprofit prisons. The use of private the use of private prisons in our country is in a crises. People are being locked up in a facility that doesnt respect basic human rights. One in four people behind bars worldwide is in a United States jail. Thats right. The country with less than 5 of the worlds population accounts for a quarter of all the worlds prisoners. In fact, our prison population has continued to increase over the past few decades even as statistics have shown a decrease in crime. According to the f. B. I. , violent and Major Property crimes are at a historic low. Nevertheless, more and more ame