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Programs. This joint hearing of the Sub Committees on general fund communities, Risk Management, livestock reviewing the implementation of federal farm and Disaster Relief comes to order. Thank you and welcome to this joint hearing of the subcommittees on general farm commodities and Risk Management and livestock and foreign agriculture. Im pleased to be joined by my colleague and fellow chairman as well as my Ranking Member and the livestock Foreign AffairsRanking Member. Welcome also to our chairman and my fellow texan Ranking Member. This ....
Hearing. And topics are farm bill, and trade relations with china and the status of the disaster aid programs. This is about 2 15. This joint hearing of the subcommittees on the general farm commodities and Risk Management and livestock and foreign agriculture in order to review the title of Disaster Relief will come to order. Thank you. And thank you for coming to the joint committee on farm commodities and risk committees and farm agriculture. I am pleased to be joined by my chair mr. Acosta and the esteemed Ranking Member mr. Thompson and mr. Rouser. Welcome to the chairman Collin Peterson and my texas Ranking Member mike conaway. This is coming at a important time for farmers. The usda and the food conse ....
Usmca that might come as a result of these negotiations that can improve the outcome of American Workers im happy to consider. Its important to remember that usmca is better than nafta by nearly every standard, including labor and environment. So i hope discussions between House Democrats and ambassador lighthizer is an exercise in getting to the yes that i feel Speaker Pelosi wants to get to. One particular area where everyone can agree is that enforcement across the board is a key compromise that must be hammered out. Factors outside of farmers hands such as an oversupply of grain in the global market, an unusually wet spring across the midwest, and natural disasters like flooding have all contributed to increased uncertainty and less profitability for farmers and leading to anxiety among those same farmers. Passing ....
Online at cspan. Org. We will take eli back to u. S. Senate with a couple of judicial nomination both coming up and live coverage here on cspan2. P stepped down, creating two vacancies. These has resulted in increased caseloads for the two judges. Things are almost as bad in tennessees Western District. Fortunately help is on the way. In july of last year chip campbell was elected to serve and tommy parker to serve. Im pleased to see that the president nominated such qualified individuals. I thank tom mccain for working with us. Senator corker recommend both positions. Ee lie richardson and mark norris is also nominated. Todays votes are a good start. Chip campbell and tommy parker will be assets to the federal bench. Tennessee is fortunate to have such wellqualified nominees. They are men of good character, good temperament, and today i encourage my colleagues to support their nominations. I thank the president. The presiding o ....
I call this to order. For the last several monthess i along with Ranking Member and colleagues on this committee have been working on a new farm bill. An important part of this process has been to hold hearings on each title. Im proud to say the committee has officially conducted the work, having held hearings so far on eight titles. Todays hearing covers the four and five. Two titles remain. The reauthorization process affords us the opportunity to review the full range of usda programs to insure that theyre operating efficiently and effectively. Not every Program Needs to measure overall but many can benefit from increased deficiency, improved integrity and the reduction of waste. As we conduct this review, it is important to remember the purpose of these critical nutrition programs. Theyre not about long term. Theyre about giving aid in times of trouble. Theyre about insuri ....