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So theres been a concerted effort in ac 21 to continue to focus on these issues. The labeling issue is a challenging one because historically our labeling has been for either nutrition or because of a known hazard or something that requires a warning. I think its fair to say that this isnt about nutrition and at least from my perspective, its not about any kind i have safety hazard. This is more about consumers right to know. Candidly i think the debate is a 20th century debate in the 21st century. There was mention of bar codes and other ways, necessarilies in europe is currently using a ur code. It could be Something Like a bar code that would allow folks with smartphone or the ability in Grocery Stores to have reading devices that would allow folks to have all the information they need and want about a product without necessarily creating a label that might accepted the wr ....
Billion in crops. Billionl protect 165 in livestock, poultry, and specialty crops as a result of this budget. Ag will continue to support 140 billion in agricultural exports which helps to support one million jobs at home. The food and nutrition Assistance Programs will benefit nearly 47 million americans under the snap program. 8. 7 women, infant and children under the wic program. Thellion children under summer feeding programs. The food safety budget will provide assistance in detecting our food supply and reducing foodborne illnesses by estimated 52,000 illnesses. Nrcs will provide conservation assistance that will add 23 million acres of land to our conservation programs, helping half a million producers do a better job of conserving soil and protecting water. While it is not related to this budget, it does have an impact on this budget. Our overall budget will also million acres of forest and grasslands under the u. S. F ....
Assist and help in preserving our agricultural production, and expand new uses and opportunities for agricultural products. And we will also focus on an effort to do a better job of addressing the challenges that the poultry industry in particular face with disease. We have antiquated facilities, which is, frankly, true of our entire Agricultural Research service. We need a new and creative way to address the challenges of our infrastructure, and one way we can do that is by taking a look at our unobligated balances as representative farr had suggested, allowing us to retain those balances, that are within a budget thats been approved by this committee, and use them to upgrade our facilities. This would also give us an opportunity to better manage and perhaps reduce the 70 million square feet of space that we currently operate, lease or own. As i shared with you earlier, yesterday, mr. Chairman, i think there is an opportun ....
With mexico. Lots of questions for the president an unclear if he takes any questions today and could be an opportunity for the president to yet again change the subject to something that he wants to talk about, something that he believes is a more forward looking, positive message coming out of his administration. This morning hes tweeting about the economy, getting more credit for good news out of his administration and i wouldnt be surprised to see him doing a little bit more of that, brooke. Okay. Abby phillip, thank you. At the white house. To breaking news out of puerto rico where the governor is going to respond to death toll estimates in the wake of Hurricane Maria. A study was released by George Washington university and putting the deaths of storm relation to nearly 3,000. 46 times more than the governments official toll. Laila santiago is with me now. Thats a < ....