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After brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witness today and the hearing will be open to questions. Good morning once again. Welcome to todays hearing receive testimony from the secretary of agriculture. I think my colleagues participating and secretary bill sec for his time we have a lengthy hearing ahead of us. I will be brief and might remarks nearly three years ive traveled across the country to different farmers, ranchers, foresters, Rural Communities and everyday consumers. Many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle jointly for those travels. The message we have heard from those folks was very clear. They need a government to work for them, not against them. These men and women have struggled with a fractured supply chain, considerable input cost, relentless inflation, natural disasters, volatile markets and labor shortage each consistently worsened by illconceived halfbaked executive actio ....
Because of the popularity of these programs the reality is they are dramatically oversubscribed. New era is four times oversubscribed which i believe shows how important this program is to electric cooperatives across the country and how important it is to see this long overdue investment. Its great to see this and highlight the excitement of the rural coops across the country. Mr. Secretary for new era, can you share an update on how we might see application start to move forward in the process . We are in the process of completing the evaluation of approximately 70 projects of the number that was submitted. As you indicated it was a very Popular Program and oversubscribed. In an effort to determine which of these programs are feasible from a technical standpoint and from a financial standpoint. Once those evaluations are done, those projects will be ranked. And then well basically compare those rankings to the resources availab ....
Because of the popularity of these programs the reality is they are dramatically oversubscribed. New era is four times oversubscribed which i believe shows how important this program is to electric cooperatives across the country and how important it is to see this long overdue investment. Its great to see this and highlight the excitement of the rural coops across the country. Mr. Secretary for new era, can you share an update on how we might see application start to move forward in the process . We are in the process of completing the evaluation of approximately 70 projects of the number that was submitted. As you indicated it was a very Popular Program and oversubscribed. In an effort to determine which of these programs are feasible from a technical standpoint and from a financial standpoint. Once those evaluations are done, those projects will be ranked. And then well basically compare those rankings to the resources availab ....
beautiful pink that goes with yesterday. dana: desantis making it official after months of speculation. the announcement coming in the form of a twitter livestream with elon musk. bill: many see him as possibly the biggest threat to the frontrunner former president donald trump. dana: the two have gone to friends to competitors. the former president is slamming desantis for months. you can expect a lot more of that moving forward. bill: desantis hoping his resume will cut through his attacks. accomplishments in florida. six week abortion ban. state s early reopening from covid back in 2020. dana: he joined trey gowdy for his first interview as a candidate. he made the case that he is the one who can deliver for conservatives. why now? i think it s because the country is going in the wrong direction. if we have another four years of the biden administration, i think some of the damage is going to be irreversible. i think we have an opportunity now like the la ....
president biden continues to blame russia inflation continues to sore near a 40 year high. this is no laughing matter. every i do life is less affordable under joe biden. multi million dollars mansion burning to the ground as a fast moving wildfire rangetion the coast line. not looking good. every other house is on fire. he scores! it s a power play goal and the rangers lead. working for a living working working for a living living and working i m taking what they re giving because i m working for a living. brian: rays were 25 minutes away from starting vacation. they went game 6 tomorrow night. looking at frederick maryland everyone there is alive for the most part. steve: for the most part. brian: brian get a lot of history there. local breweries and a lot of wineries. a lot of drinking to be done there and a lot of partying with a wonderful landscape. steve: 1 minute after 6:00 a.m. and already talking about quitting time. ainsley: tom ....