Children in rural and urban communities. He took part in the summit on the future of American Economy hosted by the hill. As the pandemic disrupts every aspect of life, its also raising concerns about our food supply chains. What is the key to resilience and how can we ensure Food Security while safeguarding our workers. My next guest is congressman rodney davis of illinois who has particular interest in this area. Congressman davis, great to see you again. Your names being dropped in a lot of places. You know, youve been on the food thing and i was talking the other day to jose andres, the chef, about the feed act and he says youre one of the partners in this. And youre pushing the legislation called the meals on wheels for kids act. Why are these part of the covid response, if you will, that youre trying to push forward . Well, hunger in American Families is exacerbated during this pandemic, steve. Number one, it great to see you again. I appreciate you the opportunity to be on. You
1969. Department of agriculture under secretary homer wilkes and mount vernon, new york mayor shawyn pattersonhoward talked at the africanamerican mears association conference. Secretary wilkies, can you start off by telling us a little about the work you do. Thank you. We at the usda, 190 thousand acres of public land and 20 million acres, part of the park folio. The urban Community Forest program we talked about early on we want to take full advantage of. Please listen closely this morning because he will tell us how to access these resources. Where the priorities is advancing racial equality. Tell us how you are working with state and local governments to make this an everyday objective. The meat tell you, i will tell you 40 of the funds the usda puts out need to go to underserved communities. We have a responsibility to make sure you are getting those funds. Whether the watershed program, the tree program, housing, we have state responsibility that 40 of those funds go to communiti
Video app she now or go to our website, cspan. Org. The Labor Department reports that employers added 253,000 jobs in april, exceeding wall street estimate of 180,000 jobs. The unappointed rate fell to three point 4 , matching the lowest level since 1969. Hiring continued 3. 4 , matching the lowest level since 1969. Department of agriculture under secretary homer wilkes and mount vernon, new york mayor shawyn pattersonhoward talked at the africanamerican mears association conference. Secretary wilkies, can you start off by telling us a little about the work you do. Thank you. We at the usda, 190 thousand acres of public land and 20 million acres, part of the park folio. The urban Community Forest program we talked about early on we want to take full advantage of. Please listen closely this morning because he will tell us how to access these resources. Where the priorities is advancing racial equality. Tell us how you are working with state and local governments to make this an everyday
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Agriculture of nutrition and forestry committee. During the hearing, the secretary talked about childhood hunger, foreign Land Ownership and crop assurance. N and ownership. N Land Ownership. Called a meeting to order of t call the meeting to order of the Agriculture Committee. Welcome everyone this afternoon. I hope you voted already. There are two votes, a vote now and i informed before we would be coming in at the back end of the second boat. Welcome. We are so glad that you are here today. I want to mention two of our colleagues, senator of which are in senator smith from minnesota for a funeral and not able to be with us. We wanted to submit information for the record and just wanted to indicate they are sorry they could not be here with you today. Very sad, very important funeral related to officers in minnesota. So they are not with us today. Your leadership is essential to our shared goal of keeping farmers farming, families fed and world communities strong. I share the concern