perdue or now secretary perdue as the head of usda. it's been delightful to have him in office for the last i guess almost three weeks. secretary perdue has talked already about the importance of expanding trade. he's committed to doing that. and we have no doubt that he will follow up on his commitment. secretary perdue is the chief salesperson. and when he meets with folks, i expect that he will honor his commitments with them to provide a safe and abundant food supply to those folks that we are our trading partners. as you said, the risk there is if we have pests that are in our -- in our commodities and in our food supply, without pests -- i mean, without pesticides we wouldn't have the fumigants needed to -- we wouldn't be able to ensure the safety of the food that goes overseas. we would not be able to ensure that our food is pest-free. pesticides are absolutely essential to those who are growing the food, for those that are shipping the food, and for those that are equity the food. so i have no doubt that secretary perdue will f

in 2016 alone usda worked with nearly 1,500 lenders to help families buy homes. usda has helped 4.1 million buy home since the national housing act was passed 68 years ago. the benefits of homeownership with by spread benefits. homeownerships fort fice communities, creates jobs, and strengthens the local businesses that support our towns. thank you to usda for your commitment to providing affordable housing for rural americans. happy homeownership month. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. ms. jayapal: i rise today to elebrate lgbt equality dade -- that moved our country toward one that is more fair, more equal and more inclusive of all americans. and we're a better, stronger nation for it. each year on ju

resulting products can be evaluated by our regulators at epa and with the support and guidance of usda and that those products can be used by farmers to produce safe and abundant food for us in america so we can export more food, wheat from kansas and all kinds of important things from minnesota and georgia and elsewhere. and that we have a sound economy and that we can continue to grow as an economy and be world leaders. i just got back from europe last week, i've been in the developing world over the last few years as well. i can tell you that the entire world depends on us, the united states of america, for innovation. and pria is one of the foundations that this congress and this committee can advance, get that easy button, to ensure that innovation green light is still there for farmers, for industry, for food consumers to continue to depend on because frankly europe has retreated from innovation, they're relying on us, certainly africa, asia, everywhere else in the world, whether they want to admit it or not are relying on what you do in this congress and in this committee to hel

here is the website from usda when it comes to snap benefits. the junk food and luxury item section says it defines eligible -- whichludes seafood plants includes food for consumption. it precludes the following items from being purchased. tobacco products and any foods sold on consumption. drinks, crackers and ice cream, our food items and therefore eligible items. also eligible items, and it goes on to save you want to find out more about what is in it and what is not, that if the usda particularly under that program, what is eligible or not. tim in michigan, republican line. for taking myyou call. before obama became president, we had twice as million people on food stamps. we had a housing bubble and a lot of people lost their jobs. we peaked at about 47 million people on food stamps. unemployment was 8, 9, 10% unemployment. downloyment today is back 4% but we still have around 44 million people on food stamps. math is not adding up. the politicians must protect our money and i'm all for getting people off the programs that do not deserve to

one of the usda inspectors became offended by those materials and they summoned mr.vander going to his office. can you imagine that, government agents summering fascist summoning some to the own office in the business? they told him you either remove those materials because they are offensive to us or we were moved our meat inspectors. in it you know anything about meatpacking business which i did not but i've now been educated on, eat remove the meat inspectors, usda inspectors, they have to shut down that business, 45 people would've been put out of work. 45 people. so he did as he was ordered to do and remove the materials, and he has filed a formal complaint. this is why groups like alliance did in a freedom and the american family association are urging president trump to sign an executive order protecting religious liberty, protecting people. president reagan my favorite present, i was in junior high school when he waspresident he said freedom is just one generation away from extinction. and last year we came close, very close. franklin grande told me for the b

usda's small business loans are eliminated under the president's budget. again, i can go from community to community around michigan and see wonderful small businesses operating with the support of rural development loans. these are programs that have saved almost 800,000 jobs and have helped finance more than 107,000 businesses in the last eight years alone. this proposal that the white house put out also jeopardizes what i've talked about earlier, which is rural broadband, high-speed internet for communities to access education, rural health care, telemedicine, as well as addressing issues like resources to curb the opioid epidemic. last year the f.c.c. found that 39% of rural americans -- that's roughly 23 million people -- lack access to high-speed internet service, and this is astounding to me when we look at this as a challenge that we have in 2017. president trump's budget also targets the farm bill directly for $231 billion in cuts. we worked together on a strategy for a five-year economic development plan. we do it on a bipartisan basis. it's time

my second cronyism program is one of my favorites, the usda inspection program.ou'll never look at catfish the same way again . if in fact you look at catfish. the fda as a general rule affects seafood. but in 2008, from the farm bill there's a special provision, in the farm bill where catfish are going to be affected by the usda so why was this the case? cronyism again. it was to create a trade protection scheme to help the catfish farmers who were getting beat up by competition from foreign competition. there's a pretext to those for safety reasons, in 2008 as far as i recall there was no catfish prices in 2008. reality is, catfish is centered by the cdc and fda as a low risk food. there's no reason, no evidence on the safety side at all. government accountability office which is not known forever using strong language has repeatedly issued reports criticizing this program. and this may be a pretty direct title, it should have given the conversation what to do, it says the responsibility for inspecting catfish should not be assigned to usda. that's maybe not a

something that came up in the election with a feeling of expression with said both usda and hud had played an important tool so how the ucle f his responsibility?. >> we have a strong relationship between the department of agriculture to recognize that we have a joint interest which she now weighs to amalgamate that in the most efficient way. interestingly enough those that are severely affected in the metropolitan areas but that doesn't mean they are any less important in the will continue to focus on that. and then to the department of agriculture the housing h and rental assistance program and lateen and ways to streamline and maximizeo stre the effectiveness to help more.th >> had placed several important roles with equal opportunity to support programs of those practices are you planning any changes with the fair housing act?. >> the fair housing act of 19681 of the most beautiful pieces of legislation we have ever crafted in aan bipartisan legislation. [applause] i will book to he it's everything we can for every group in society. >> so i would come back to amene point in the success

agriculture as well, which is an interesting topic today as we have the latest usda numbers. that is down 4.2%, but metals have done better. both industrial and precious metals have done better. it's rounded out with the u.s. dollar and what we have seen for the dollar. do i still have it up? i will call it up really quickly because i did not have it before. here is the dollar versus a number of different currencies. the dollar index is down 6.6% year to date, the worst start to a year since 2000 seven. the peso -- who could have predicted that is the best-performing major currency versus the dollar this year, up 14%. the euro, danish krone, swedish krona, all rounding out the top. the only one that has fallen this year, the brazilian real. julia: investors will close off the first half of 2017 with little appetite for the trump tate -- trade. lots of talk but little action. steven wieting says the market -- too hung up on short-term setbacks. >> the idea in the marketplace that we have no chance of tax cuts in the united states has gone too far, that whatever votes have been

consumption despite that some products were adorned with the usda logo. we found in the own court documents it accepted 42,000 pound of meat from the supplier inevitable hand inedible means it is not for the human consumption. in an investigation the f.d.a. found it was not only not beef, but horse meat that contained the euthanizum drug pentabarbothal. it sells a million cans of the dog food a year under its own brand name it produces against the grain product and privately labeled for other brand including party animal. both against the grain and party animal were recalled this year for contamination. party animal also filed suit against them. and update to a story we brought you last week about recall of the rawhide chews. today they expanded the recall to include many of the companies for which it privately labeled. you can go to wjal for the detail investigation. it's for industrial processing equipment that caused the dogs to get sick. last week we pressed united pet group on the issue to suspect the privately labeled brands were involved and they r

he has also been working with the usda farm ranch and rural communities committee, he's vice chair of the u.s. farmers and ranchers alliance and i think the first easterner to chair the corngrowers, which for those of you know, this industry is not a small issue. it's like getting the interior secretary from new jersey. jack gerard i think probably someone who many of you are familiar with. jack is the ceo of the american petroleum institute, which is the foundation for the oil and gas industry, the voice and advocacy at the federal, state, local and global level, but something that people don't fully appreciate is that api also serves the industry. it is really the core of the training, the certification, the best practices. i think a lot of what happens at api is below the water line. i think it's incredibly important work. again, jack no stranger to these issues. previously worked at the american chemistry council, the national miners association. so, two gentlemen who understand the importance of these issues. and let me just, maybe start with you, chip. so, you run a farm. why ar

he has been working with the usda farm ranch committee. he is vice chair of the u.s. farmers and ranchers alliance. first easterner to chair the corn grower. jack gerard, you are probably familiar with. jack is the ceo of the foundation for the oil and gas industry. state,y of the federal, local and global level. but some people don't fully appreciate that he also serves the industry. the core of the training, certification, best practices. a lot of what happens is below the waterline. it is incredibly important work. jack is no stranger to these issues. previously worked with the american chemical council of the national miners association. two gentlemen who understand the importance of these issues. let me start with you, chip. you run a farm. why are you here? why you care about the north american free trade agreement? mr. bowling: i do run a farm. i live and work on a farm everyday. i live about 45 miles south of washington dc where most people don't think there is any farming going on. it is important to me because it has been working. mexico is the biggest buyer

both usda and hud have played an important role in different aspects of rural housing. how do you see hud's responsibility to rural america's housing needs? >> well, we actually have a very strong relationship between hud and department of agriculture. recognizing that, you know, we have joint interests and we're looking at ways to amalgamate those interests in a most efficient way. interestingly enough, there are more severely affected people in terms of housing in our metropolitan and city areas than there are in the rural areas. but that doesn't mean that they're any less important. and we are going to continue to focus on that, you know, you have your 515 program through the department of agriculture. you have our various wren tamm and assistance programs and again, we're looking at ways to streamline and maximize the effectiveness of that so we can help more rather than less people. >> great, thank you. hud plays several important roles in fair housing and equal opportunity. it supports programs to eliminate discrimination in housing. are you planning any changes t

>> well the good thing about it is our foo agency in the usda does a marvelous job.over inspections, and again we're talked about cooked chicken. the other thing is economically, becky, and that china probably will not be a major exporter of chicken protein to u.s they probably will go regionally i don't think there's any fear really of major -- of chicken poultry protein coming into the u.s. we're great producers. we're the low cost producers across the world that's why we export all over the world with a great poultry industry, as well as a beef industry >> you know what you're talking about with the last name perdue. just in terms of that, though, what i know as a consumer if i was buying something that was cooked chicken from china? >> you should, yes >> okay. we'll be clear on making sure some of those things come through. >> secretary, how do you think about the balance in your role between protecting producers of food, and making sure they get what they deserve, and protecting consumers and make sure they get the best quality at the lowest prices and i'm parti

all families need to do is go to the usda website to find the designated summer meals. >>> cigarettesvienna, virginia, are getting more expensive. the tax was raised from 10 cents to 85 cents. it will go into effect on july 1st. leaders say that move will bring in $20,000 more in tax revenue. >> stay with us now. "news 4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. >>> right now on "news 4 today," london bridge back open after a deadly attack on the famous landmark. new details about the 12 people in custody and their connection. >> hey hey, ho has got to go. >> community outcry after another noose is found. >>> and your work week forecast and it's starting out wet. when you'll see showers in your neighborhood and how long they'll last. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >> it is 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we are working for you. we start with melissa mollet. have a look at your commute. >> check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. they made their way outside. how does it feel? >> yes. feels fantastic. nice breeze. very comf

it's funded by the usda, but get this. only 16% of kids that get free or reduced lunch during school don't get it during the summer because they don't know where to go. so this is where this text program comes in. because they don't know where to go. those locations offering meals aren't open, they are not listed yet, but once the site is up and running it will appear on this website. i have put it on our website. all you do is there is a spot, find site. click it, enter your address and bam, these buttons will pop up and show you where to go. these are in virginia, because there are some open. in june and july, there is about 3,000 sites offering meals in maryland, dc and virginia. if something looks suspicious to you like it did on jackie, share it on my page or post it to an e-mail. i want to verify it for you and if you are feeling frisky, send me a selfie video and tell me. i'm on adam longo tv. >>> i got to talk about this. there is serious girl power, wonder woman pulled in 100 million ticket sails. but that's the b

can you flush out a little bit more about what -- i know there will be an announcement from usda, will we wait for that? where are we in the progress? mr. spicer: the u.s. department of agriculture will have more details but the announcement is coming from them today. i think the announcement's coming today. reporter: secondly, my question is on steel and aluminum. thed president said -- and was quoted in one of the reports saying there is legislation being drafted on anti-dumping. the 232 process goes to congress anyway. was he referring to additional legislation or the 232 review that he already initial rated? -- iterated? mr. spicer: there are certain recommendations to address anti-dumping provisions in the steel and aluminum and other markets. so when that comes out, i think there will be recommendations to congress to follow up on how to rectify some of the problems. reporter: thank, sean. couple questions. first, does president have audio recordings of his conversations and meetings with former f.b.i. director comey? mr. spicer: he made an announcement in the rose garden when th

go to the usda's website and get it. >>> 5:52.st being the start of summer. >> yeah. >> we're in it. >> it feels so good though. things. i love the law of daylight. bright and sunny at 8:15 in the evening. i'm thinking, why am i still here? i need to be in bed. >> you need to go to sleep. >> i needed to be in bed 15 minutes ago. >> last year our first 90 degree day in june didn't come until the 11th. we ended up with five days in the 90s. the june before that, 20 days in the 90ed. temperature trend is a downward trend here for the next couple of days. mid to upper 70s. cloudy skies around. temperatures barely making it to 70. not raining around the city. rain chance stands at in the mid 60s to closer to 70 around town. rain showers with rumble. it's raining in charlottesville. it's moving towards stafford, fredericksburg, southern maryland. you'll get the most of the rain. ten day forecast. cloudy, cool, showery. >> high chance of rain. we turn the corner in time for the weekend. mid to upper 80s saturday and sunday. if you like w

let me give a few more details about some of these areas, starting with usda's rural development water program. last year 14 projects in my state received $10.7 million in loans and $6.5 million in grants in order to provide reliable, clean drinking water and waste disposal affecting 12,000 folks in rural oregon. furnonia relied on these programs to improve the town's waste water program, a project almost 20 years in the making. i visited vernonia a number of times. in 1996 it suffered a terrible flood and then again in 200 7 another major flood. the floods overwhelmed vernonia's waste water systems, caused overflows on public and private properties, overflows in the nearby mahela river. but thanks to the grants, the town was able to purchase new equipment and upgrade its system and protect the water for its residents. that's just one community that has benefited. or let's tuck a little bit -- oleates talk about little bit -- or let's talk a little bit more about budgeting. the budget singles out cuts for many housing programs. direct housing loan programs and most of the housing loan

the usda will serve 200 million free meals. all families need to do is log on to the website to find a designated summer meal site. >>> new this morning, if you're headed to college in the fall, be careful about what you post on social media. harvard has rescinded offer os of remission to ten perspective students because of a private facebook chat. according to the crimson, the students sent messages allegedly targeting minority groups and mocking sexual assault. the university says it does not publicly comment about the admission status of its applicants. >>> if you and your kids or maybe your grand kids cannot get enough of dr. seuss's books, there's a place you can go to immerse yourself in the stories. >> everyonas and why not. no one makes learning to read more fun than dr. seuss. one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. >> and fun is what this new nu museum is all about. >> he wanted children to pick up a book and not be able to put it down. >> theodore was dr. seuss. in fact, sus was his middle name and he hailed from he

the epa and the usda. that's a different subject. i express fear of my government.tein sent the secret service to investigate me. they concluded conclusively i did not threaten anybody's life. yet kathy griffin and our own friend juan williams just repeats the lie that i threatened the president's life. never happened. >> what did you mean that obama, he's a piece of [bleep]. i took him to suck on my machine gun. hillary, you worthless [bleep]? what did you mean by that? >> i'm glad you asked that. what kathy griffin is hysterical over, because she's out of her mind, president trump and his family are reacting to her vile actions. >> right. i was asking -- >> she started it. my statements were in response to an outrageous attempt to ban certain types of firearms that would do nothing except head the bad guys with more gun-free zones. i was on stage when obama was a senator, not the president and i made and outrageous metaphor telling him that we will not accept his gun control laws, but i never threatened anyone. >> i can see people being upset about these. but i ca

can you flesh out a little bit more what -- i understood there would be announcement from usda are we waiting for that before it's a fact or where are we in the process? >> u.s. department of agriculture will have much more details on the process moving forward but the announcement is coming from them today. >> the lead is today? >> no the announcement is coming today. >> question on steel and aluminum what the administration is doing. >> yeah. >> the president said, quoted in one of the pool reports that there is legislation being drafted on anti-dumping. the 232 process to goes to congress anyway of the was he referring to additional legislation or the 232 review you initiated as reported by secretary ross? >> secretary ross should have further update on the 232 review later this week. when that comes out certain recommendations will be made to congress to address anti-dumping provisions in the steel and aluminum and other markets. so when that comes out what i think there will be recommendations to congress to follow up on how to rectify some of the problems. trey? >> thank you, se

with respect to the decision on clor ra par foes, the usda had a completely different perspective. and in fact had made the epa aware of that. as the process was ongoing. and we based that decision like we base every decision. it was based on meaningful data, meaningful science. it was a decision we felt was based on that. >> could you provide this committee with the pure science from the other agency as well as the science from this agency? >> the usda -- we'll provide that, yes. >> i want the comparable scientists not someone's opinion. okay. can you go back, though, and with the cuts that i mentioned and with the questions that you're being asked to, you know, will you stand up and make sure peer reviewed science is happening. with the cuts to over 3,000 employees, how does that happen? i mean, i can wish for a lot of things, but in reality i have to figure out how i make those things happen with real dollars, real employees. so you told me rule of law was your first and foremost concern. i have to tell you rule of law is very important, i'm a person who obeys the law. but the e

we have that usda agricultural report at noon today.interesting stuff with corn and so you beings -- the soybeans. soybeans rallied. and up 3%. in a sterling end. those are today's market minutes. scarlet: for more on the wrapup of the first half of the year, let's bring in michael haverty. -- larry haverty. policymakers from that perhaps there is reason to be concerned about the rise in asset prices. when you look at the equity market now, way or you see the reason for concern? larry: i think asset prices are high, but not high across the board. the main thing that is going on, the main characteristic to look at the bright side, the strength of the consumer. employment is pretty good. housing prices have gone up. stock prices are pushing record levels. consumer wealth is there. consumption indicators are particularly good. i spend most of my time in the consumer sector. there is no particular access in the consumer sector. in the consumer sector. internet services at the top of the list with amazon leading the parade in terms of the vo

according to the most recent data from the usda, family farms account for 99% of all farms in the u.s., and 89% of america's agricultural production. 90% of the farms in the u.s. are considered small, and these small farms account for the vast majority of american farmers. this is equally true in indiana where although we're the 38th largest state geography -- geographically, we rank in the top 10 in total agricultural sales. production in indiana supports over 245,000 jobs, and corn, soybeans, hogs, poultry and dairy have a combined $10 billion economic impact statewide. simply put, ag is a really big deal in indiana. and the hoosier farmer does all the heavy lifting. safe, affordable food is important to our national security and reliable, sustainable food source is crucial to safeguarding public health while preserving economic independence. that's why we should support our nation's agricultural producers in every way that we can. this includes supporting the u.s. crop insurance program which provides an important safety net to farmers who assume major risks with each seed that the

usda says it plans to serve more than 200 million free meals for kids.ng people don't nee to enroll, parents don't need to pay. the summer food rocks web page has a map showing where every site is located. >> wonder woman conquered at the box office. >> it became the biggest opening for a female director in history. that accolade goes to patty jenkins who also directed monster. wonder woman brought in about $100 million. here you see a different movie. critics scored it higher -- maybe not. iron man, dr. strange, random captain underpants for fun. why not. >> they all have little outfits. >> congress back at it this morning as lawmakers prepare to learn new information on the russia investigation. we're live in washington with key testimony expected in the coming days. >>> an arrest is made after a tourist gets in a deadly fight outside of a san francisco hotel. what we're learning this morning about the victim as the suspect prepared to make his first court appearance. >>> and welcome back to you on this fine monday morning, as we take a live look outsi

report sound significant -- serving military families and called for further cooperation with dod and usda to quantify the defense -- stated that there is, at least, one food pantry on every naval and marine base in the u.s. we talked about entitlement programs and needing more fl flexibility. snap, how do you address the issue that so many of our military are going hungry and how does that fit in with the need for readiness and effective military force. >> people are important elements of certainly our national defense and we have to have pay and benefits that are appropriate for the most important part of your national defense. we have asked for additional information on these issues. as we have looked at it in past years your eligibility for snap depends on the number of people in your household. so low rank family with a bunch of kids and absolutely, they can be eligible for food stamps. i think what we have to focus on is making sure that anybody who serves in the military has the pay and benefits that are appropriate for someone who is willing to in turn risk their lives for all of u

unfortunately, usda released their income forecast and predicted net farm income is expected to decline for the fourth consecutive year. declining farm income, coupled with low commodity prices over the past few years, have adversely impacted farmers and rural communities across the nation. i've met with farmers in and outside my district who are facing tough decisions about the future of their farms. as vice chair of the agriculture committee and chairman of the nutrition subcommittee, i know our nation needs a robust agriculture sector so we can continue to provide our nation and nations across the world with knew nutrition food and fiber -- with nutritious food and fiber. i believe young farmers success act does just that. taking away one of the barriers that can deter young and beginning farmers in agriculture. mr. speaker, our farmers feed our nation. farmers are stewards of the land and cornerstones of our rural communities. they provide our country with safe and affordable food supply, but we need to do more to cultivate the future generations of farmers. they face tough odds by

i understood there was going to be an announcement from the usda. where are we in the process? >> the u.s. department of agriculture will have many more details on the pro-sphoefrbsing forward, but the announcement is coming from them today. i think the announcement is coming today. >> the president said and you quoted we'll have the full report saying there's legislation being drafted on anti-dumping. the 232 process goes to congress anyway. was he referring to additional legislation or the 232 review that you already initiated as reported by secretary ross? >> secretary ross should have a further update on the 232 review later this week. when that comes out, there are certain recommendations that we will make to congress to enact anti-dumping provisions. i think there will be recommendations to congress to follow up on how to rectify some of the problems. >> couple questions for you. does president trump have audio recordings of his conversations and meetings with james comey? >> the president made clear in the rose garden that he would have an announcement shortly. >> do you

do want to mention the drought real quickly because the usda drought monitor has a very helpful map. right in the areas mentioned, those northern midwestern states seeing extreme drought, but you say there's a bigger shift going on and the weather is only part of the story, and i think you brought us a chart that talks about a bigger rebalancing. what is going on? two months, july and august, which are really going to matter for supply, but what is happening, because prices have dropped so far, demand is picking up exponentially. the place you are really seeing this is exports. agriculture is low hanging fruit to help reduce u.s. trade debt. this chart we are looking at here. >> what i'm showing you is the total estimated production, at least now, of u.s. grain production this year. 565 million metric tons. thecally 14% above five-year average. that is the white line. it is very extreme. the risk is that it reverts back to the more normal. joe: how does the market ultimately come into balance again? clearly, there is an unexpected balance. what will it take to bring the ratio back to

usda included to give the capability the day after to form a better life for those who are having to choose between terrorism and modern thought. i believe as the generals do, if you don't believe me, listen to the generals, that the state department's role in the war on terror is just as important to me, just as important as any military power we have. now, how much do we spend on soft power? we spend 1.4%. so a lot of people think foreign aid's about 25% of what we spend. but compared to hard power, which is about 20% of what we spend, we spend a very small amount on soft power. that 1.4% includes things beyond just traditional soft power. i want the country to know if you eliminated the state department, you would not even begin to move the debt needle. the question is, if you cripple the state department, it's not about debt, it's about security and american values being impeded. so let's look at gdp on defense. and nondefense. what you see is the gdp on hard power's about 3% of gdp. on socft power. and this chart shows you we're going downward dramatically on soft power and upwa

the usda does agricultural plants and animals. nih those relevant to human health. we ask every investigator they have to list their other support. if we give them the grant we want to make sure doesn't sound familiar into what they are asking us to do. we'll ask them if that's the case. so i think in the most -- for the most part we don't have a lot of unintended overlaps. these new tools may be an opportunity to do a better job of that. love to follow it up with you. >> i understand the grant recipients have to list where they are getting other funding, that's the area i see as the weak suppose. wruv got this and we have to figure out who's got what lane. we need the research done. >> thank you. >>> senator shelby. >> i was in another committee. sorry. dr. collins, how much money overall in the u.s. by not just nih but all of the governmental agencies, v.a., has spent on biomedical research and how much is spent out of the private sector. whatever it is it's not enough. i know that. >> so, the nih budget you all have overseen and thank you for your strong support

. >> i want to sort of stress that our inability to release a number on the number of incidental usda's that have been collected is not for want to try. and we can discuss this in more detail from our own and nsa can walk through sort of the herculean efforts they taken over the last 18 months to try to find a way to do it that's responsive . coming to the conclusion that there's not a way to produce a transparent number that's meaningful to the debate, that is not something that's wrong and accurate. it's sort of predicated on, we're happy to get into more detail. >> for example director coats said it would be infeasible to come up with a way to count the number of americans whose communications are collected under 702 but help me understand this, is it your contention that our intelligence agencies while they are capable of collecting mass quantities of information, phone calls, text messages, emails and sifting through all that data for specific information name or phone number but the agencies are somehow not capable of counting how many americans are swept up in that surveillance?

guts the funding for usda in rural america. the 900 billion that the administration is adopting in medicaid cuts will put rural hospitals in jeopardy. the badger care and senior care programs in wisconsin. other than that, what's not to like for rural america. it's a missed opportunity. i also appreciate that you and many of us are interested in taking a run at the code for the first time in 30 years. one of the linchpins being discussed, the border adjustment tax, you had concerns. you were quoted the other day, one of the problems is it doesn't create a level playing field, very different impacts on different companies, potential to pass on costs to the consumer and potential of moving the industry. do you care to address things as we work on tax reform? >> i think there are things that can be addressed to lighten those changes. those are the types of things chairman brady is working on. again, i think the most important issue is that we share common goals of making the business tax system competitive, middle income tax cut i

it is such an industrial crop that during world war ii the usda produced fail many encouraging farmers who grow hemp to support the war effort because textiles and fibers were in short supply. george washington, thomas jefferson, james madison, and james monroe all grew hemp. today, however, industrial hemp is largely illegal for widespread production because the controlled substances act does not make the distinction between hemp and marijuana. both varieties of the canny bass plant but -- cannabis plant but that's it ends. it only has minuscule amounts of p.s.c. 2004, congress began to recognize the differences when it passed the 2014 farm bill which included language to allow industrial hemp pilot programs. today more than 30 states have enacted laws to legalize industrial hemp for research or commercial purposes. i was proud to lead the effort to create a hemp program in kentucky has been successful. r. comber: now we need to -- comer: now we need to take the step. i look forward to continuing the work of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to advance legislation to make indus

amazon is in a test project with the usda about letting people use food stamps to buy groceries on linesomething the next thing they could do, discount stores like dollar general. one analysts suggests that the. charles: who knows. they're growing and growing. thank you very much. >>> then there is this. president trump chipping away at president obama's legacy, announcing new regulations when it comes to cuba. son of president ronald reagan, michael, will give us his take. that's next. charles: joining us right now lieutenant colonel ralph peters. lieutenant colonel peters, what do you make of this? this is first incident of this kind in several years, i think at least three years. what are we learning here? >> we're learning that this is a very dangerous part of the world. to briefly recap for the audience, the syrians were attacking our freedom fighters back on the ground. we told them to knock it off. we warned them. instead they sent in a syrian fighter su-22 to do a ground attack against our twice. we shot it down. now the russians have threatened to shoot down any aircraft, u.s.

we have a pretty good swim lane definition, and usda does agricultural plants and animals, nih does those that are relevant to human health and pretty good taps on those things, and listing their support. you have to look at that and make sure what they put their doesn't sound familiar. we ask carefully if that is the case, we don't have a lot of unintended overlaps, but there may be an opportunity to do a better job. would love to follow up. >> the grant recipients and other fundings -- >> that is the area i see is a weak spot. there has to be a way to coordinate, and who has what lane. and the research done efficiently. >> senator shelby. >> very sorry. how much money overall in the us, all of the governmental ages. and biomedical research, the private sector, whatever it is and isn't enough. >> the budget you have overseen. over many decades, in fiscal year 17. the number in front of me, 1 billion -- >> i am happy to do that. the private sector outspend government supported by medical research by a factor of two or more than two. and an overall spend in the neighborhood of $100 billion

a push by the usda to let people on food stamps to buy food on-line. they can't do it yet.mazon is thinking of a flag here, wal-mart gets 13 million in sales groceries, for food stamps. it's an unfortunate way to live, but people are-- >> and amazon, it's holding steady. >> wal-mart up 16 year to date. if inin gives amazon a run for their money, i think wal-mart after the purchase of jet, they can be the pepsi to amazon's coke. stuart: let me try this for you, lnetflix, reed hastings, he's going to start canceling shows and take more risk. your comments, sir? >> he's done it all right. mr. hastings if you've been long netflix, you've been phenomenal with it. content is king. people want to pay $9 for it and watch whenever they want. that's going to continue, i wouldn't be surprised to seeing amp am apple more into original content. they want to watch the shows they like when they want to. stuart: here i am, i open the show and i'm skeptical about tax cuts and the affect on wall street, i get shot down totally and i'm skeptical will apple being an innovator and totally shut