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Electio elections. Later treasury secretary jack lou on the upcoming debt ceiling debate. Every five years, the departments of agriculture and health and Human Services issue dietary guidelines and nutritional information to the public. Next the House Agriculture Committee hears from tom vilsack and Silvia Burwell about the process. This is two and a half hours. Good morning. Lets go ahead and get started. Trent, will you open us with a prayer please . Dear heavenly father, we ask that you bless this committee. We ask that you bless this government. We ask that you bless all those who lead thi...

Secretary vilsack and i agree we thought that was an important thing to do. Thats the part of the process in terms of public input. I think the question here is that, one, did they follow the guidelines and what steps were taken to make sure the committee followed the law and from an ethical standpoint is once youve served as your capacity of that Advisory Committee and major recommendations, what is your responsibility in moving forward . And one of the things we dont want is that these advisory turn this into some kind of a profitable situation on their behalf because of their participation ...

Why . Because its a swing state. And were in an election year. I get it. Florida gets 30 billion more every year than it puts in. What are you talking about, fairness, equity, bailout . You look at where weve been over the past five years, we paid in 116 billion more than we gave back. You want to be fair, just give new york back the money you took, and it would be 116 billion. Who gives and who takes . We know those facts and we know the numbers. But, look, this whole discussion that senator mcconnell is raising, that some senators are raising, this is counterproductive, and it will lead to d...

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. – State Sen. Michelle Hinchey outlined this week numerous Hudson Valley and Catskills initiatives that she supported and made their way into the recently approved state budget. “We’ve delivered a state budget that brings substantial funding back to the 41st district, and although not all of our proposals survived three-way negotiations, I’m proud […]

A group in Hazleton is trying to bridge the hunger gap for kids in the region who may not otherwise have enough to eat.