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[ applause ] thank you. Thank you. Members of the General Assembly, its my honor to present dill bill bill lee, governor of the state of tennessee. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Lieutenant governor mcnacnally, speaker pro tiem dunn. Members of the 111th General Assembly, constitutional officers, justices, fellow tennesseeans. Its an honor to be before you once again tonight. Truly an honor. Before i begin, speaker sexton, let me offer a special congratulations to you on your election as our new speaker. [ applaus...

Our everyone im josh rushing to were going to prepare me ok today less than 2 percent of farmers in the United States are black but that hasnt always been the case so what happened and what is their future hold share your thoughts with us on twitter or in our live chat and you too could be on the street. You know century ago africanamerican families owned one 7th of the countrys farmland thats about 15000000 acres but theyve lost more than 70 percent of that property largely because of racism through loan discrimination or even violence loans are a lifeline for farmers surviving difficult time...

Global news makers about the stories that. Just 0. Hi everyone im josh rushing filling in for me ok today less than 2 percent of farmers in the United States are black but that hasnt always been the case so what happened and what is their future hold share your thoughts with us on twitter or in our live chat and you too could be in the story. You know century ago africanamerican families owned one 7th of the countrys farmland thats about 15000000 acres but theyve lost more than 70 percent of that property largely because of racism through loan discrimination or even violence loans are a lifeli...

Thats about 15000000 acres but theyve lost more than 70 percent of that property largely because of racism through loan discrimination or even violence loans are a lifeline for farmers surviving difficult times when banks wouldnt loan money to black farmers many were forced into foreclosure some sued the government claiming systemic racism in 1909 official settled in the pension we paid out nearly 2000000. 00 but many say that doesnt even come close to making up for the 120000000000. 00 lost by black farmers over the past century now farmers are fighting to hold on to the land they have left a...

Culture, read the implementation of federal farmer Disaster Relief, will come to order. Thank you and welcome to this joint hearing of the subcommittee on general farm commodities and Risk Management and livestock and foreign agriculture. Im pleased to be joined by my colleague and fellow chairman mister custer and Ranking Member mister thompson, livestock and Foreign Affairs Ranking Member, and chairman peterson and fellow texan, Ranking Member, mike conaway. The first joint hearing comes at a very important time for farmers. Usda and Food Production Conservation Mission area and Farm Service...