senator gillibrand, i'll put my whole statement in the record. but thank you for doing this. i know i don't have to tell you what dairy farms in the northeast face. you have been a champion of them in your own state of new york. you've talked with the farmers. and i think there's a lot we can work together on. so thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'd also like to recognize the ranking member of the committee, senator bozeman. >> thank you so much, madam chair. and thanks to senator leahy for your championship. nobody's worked any harder for this industry than you all. and it's certainly such an important industry. i too would like to thank our witnesses for being here today in person and virtually the time you are spending away from your duties on the farm and from your work is not lost on us. we greatly appreciate your expertise and your willingness to guide us as we do our very best to serve you in american agriculture in general. over the august recess i had the pleasure of visited helms dairy in arkadelphia, arkansas. this fifth generation farm has survived

senator gillibrand, and all my great colleagues. we are working all three levels of government.nd why it is such a large and impressive anomaly of people getting here, because this man came. this man right here came. [applause] thank you. without anyone having to -- that is a brooklyn word -- [laughter] bother him to come. it is my distinct honor to welcome you to queens, a bustling borough of 2 million workers with staggering diversity and infinite talent, equal part passion and compassion. [applause] where is donovan? >> right here. >> now you being here today, mr. president, is a hallmark of your hands-on presidency, not just sitting in washington, but seeing and hearing people's trouble, and then acting decisively to help. not the least of which is by promptly approving a major disaster declaration, quicker than any president has ever done , and we are so, so grateful. [applause] now, perhaps nowhere else reflects the diversity of new york and our nation then queens, where hundreds of languages, hundreds are spoken every single day, from archie bunker to ll cool j, to aqua f

chaired by new senator tristan gillibrand. -- new york senator kirsten gillibrand. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> -- livestock, dairy, poultry, local food systems, and food safety and security to order. thank you for joining us this morning if this up to me next to receive testimony on the growing need to modernize the federal milk marketing order system to bring the nation's did repricing into the 21st century market. since this is the first subcommittee hearing of the urologist of the welcoming ranking member hyde-smith for her leadership and her work. i look forward to working together to provide our nation's farmers the tools support and resources they need. our witness is welcome. we mac panels before introduce the panels i'm going to introduce the dean of the democrats to allow for his opening remarks because we have a conflict and he has to leave early. senator leahy if you like to provide your opening remarks. >> thank you very much, madam chair. i appreciate the courtesy of my neigh

i want to thank senator gillibrand for her leadership. and she'll be introducing senator schumer and senator schumer, from the bottom of my heart as well, thank you. other communities as well, the two of you are just an incredible team and we're blessed to have you representing the state of new york. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, governor hochul for being here, for being strong in a moment of great need. i want to thank the president for coming to talk to families. he understands the pain and the sorrow that these families are going through, the resilience they'll need to be able to rebuild and build back better as the president has said. he's here on the ground because he cares and he's going to make a difference. and ill also want to thank our first responders for never missing a beat, for being here every second of every day to meet the needs of these communities and last but certainly not lice, senator super. as a majority leader in the u.s. senate he'll be bevels positioned to make sure families recover. to make sure we were

davenport. >> okay thank you been good morning and i would like to thank senator gillibrand pressed me down to testify today in our small farm of 64 milking cows, over 50 percent of the labor and omar 90 percent of management and therefore, i'm fully aware that hundred 16 hours in a week in any week that i work less than half of those hours is good. and taking time off to be here weeks is a good week. i would like to thank senator children for her work on making this current dmc program so responsive to the needs of the small dairy farms. during this time of skyhigh prices. i will be started chipping milk in 1986, there were about to have 50000 licensed dairies in the u.s. and at the end of 2020, the work hundred and 32000. 1986, average dairy farmer and 43 cows and a deist close to 300. our federal order for a few years, we shipped about daily average production for the order and lately shut out to over twice we produce each day in our production has crept up because were doing things more efficiently. keeping small funds viable is critical for our survival. and as i in my written tes

chaired by new york senator kristen gillibrand. [background noises] [bac >> thank you all for joining us this morning. as a subcommittee needs to receive test my on the burning -- growing need to modernize the federal milk ordering to bring the country's dairy pricing into the toy first century. i wanted start by welcoming ranking member. i look forward to working together to support our farmers. to witnesses, thank you -- welcome. for introduce the panels, i'm going to introduce the dean of the democrats who allowed for his opening remarks, he has a conflict and has to leave early. senator leahy, if you would like to provide remarks. >> thank you, madam chair. i appreciate the courtesy of my neighbor from new york. this is an important and timely hearing. only because of the conflict i have with appropriations -- with judiciary, i will not be here. everyone of vermont knows dairy never takes a day off. i think our witnesses for being here. i should start with mr. ron. an indispensable member of the community. i would say to her as

i want to thank the governor and leader schumer and kristin -- or should i say senator gillibrand, andgresspeople maloney and meeks and mayor de blasio for being here. it's not -- how can i say this? sometimes some very bad things happen that have a tendency to bring out the best in the people and the country, and i think what people are seeing across this country, from the wildfires in california and the far west which i'm heading to in a couple of days all the way to down in louisiana in the gulf where i was a couple days ago, to new jersey and pennsylvania, people are beginning to realize this is much, much bigger than anyone was willing to believe, and a whole segment of our population denying this thing called climate change. >> right. >> right. >> right. president biden but i really mean it, out of something bad, something good will come of it. it is not just people trying to get by working their boats off -- working their butts off. it is people on the high shore finding that the buildings are beginning to tilt. hundred-story buildings. this goes so far beyond what anyone has be

senator gillibrand, please? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm also very grateful to our service members who committed so much over the last 20 years. and i do want to thank president biden for taking the tough, yet necessary step to stop and end an endless war, something that many of us have pushed for over the last decade. there's obviously, still a lot to do, both overseas and here at home, such as ensuring that afghan refugees are treated respectfully and responsibly, both on the dod basis, such as ensuring that they can be transitioned into their new lives in the united states. we also have the responsibility to our troops and to all americans to make sure that we have a complete picture of what we did, accomplished, and happened over the last 20 years, across all the administrations. we have to look back so we can do better when we look forward. one way to look better is to make sure that congress maintains and fulfills its constitutional responsibility. we have to put back into the hands of congress the right and responsibility to decl

bernie sanders, cory booker, kirsten gillibrand among those making that call brian? >> it's a big fight there. >> absolutely. >> if you read a lot of research, the odds of that happening they say are not zero but it's going to be a big fight, even amongst the democrats. thank you very much. >>> now to the markets, the fed and your money as we noted, there was some confusion around the fed meeting yesterday with regard to the group's economic projections, the so called dot plots on where they see rates headed and whether they pulled their time line for interest rate hikes forward. so given that, it's a great time to catch up with christopher ailman, chief officer of calsters who helps oversee some $318 billion and is very sensitive to interest rates. we begin by asking about the apparent confusion around those rate hike projections and what his take is about what the fed really said when it comes to the next rate hike >> brian you have to love the dot plot it always creates controversy and everybody is trying to figure out where everybody is on that a great point, it'

look, folks, i want to thank governor for -- and leader schumer and kristin -- senator gillibrand and malone and mayor de blasio for being here. it's not -- how can i say this? sometimes some very bad things happen that have a tendency to bring out the best in people in our country. i think what people are seeing across this country from the wild fires in california and the far rest, which i'm heading to in a couple days, all the way to down in louisiana in the gulf where i was a couple days ago to new jersey and pennsylvania, the lesser extent delaware and new york, people are beginning to realize this is much, much bigger than anybody was willing to believe. the whole sellment of our population denying this thing called climate change. i mean it. sometimes my mother used to say, of everything bad something good will come if you look hard enough for it. we're all seen even the climate skeptics are seeing that this really does matter. it's not just whether or not people who are just trying to get by in these homes and these alleys here. working their butts off. it's people in hightowe

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and we're very hopeful that president biden and our federal elected representatives, schumer, gillibrand and congressman bowman who are all working hard to see that our community gets relief and that the people of this community have a chance to have a viable place to raise their families. without the constant fear of their live being disrupted. and it is not just that. even when it is heavy raining forecast gs a lot of people have been affected so many time, they have a sense of ptsd. they get a very -- a lot of foreboding when there is a big storm coming. and i don't blame them. it upends their lives anden dangers they are families. >> and it is already been, let's be honest, what is on top of what has already been a hard 18 months plus for a lot people just because of the state of the world today. so this is all addeding tos it more than just one storm one time no matter how historic it is. mayor, thank you very much for jumping on the phone. >> thank you. thank you for the opportunity. i really appreciate it have a good day. >> you too. take care. >>> and now president biden will dep

david gillibrand, with the rescue committee. >> i know how hard you're working on trying to evacuateg on the humanitarian disaster that this has become. does this departure today with the plane in the kabul airport give you optimism that the taliban will offer safe passage of evacuees and what about the holdup on paper? they are demanding i.d.s, passport and identification and that's also the problem in mazar-e-sharif and many people don't have that kind of paper. >> thanks very much for having me on, andrea. you are absolutely right to highlight the afghans in the country, and there are millions who will face a collapsing economy and a block on aid program. my organization, we have 1,700 afghan staff working around the country, and i think that today's commercial flight from kabul is an important step forward. it shows that there is some element of normality being returned or at least some element of connection to the outside world and those with the right paperwork, with the right experience and background will be allowed out, i think, one can probably say that there is some hope f

is here and our members of congress, our united states senators in new york, senator schumer and gillibrand. >> you see the pictures of some of the flooding here. and there were these conversations after super storm sandy that look, hurricane seasons are different. even the northeast is getting pounded by these -- what used to be one in every 50 years or one in every 100 year storm. what does the conversation have to be whether you're a county executive in suburban new york or a member of the united states congress? what are the longer-term conversations that perhaps should have started a long time ago that must start today? >> well, there are certain structural fixes we have to deal with, and local governments, towns, villages, cities, boroughs, counties, don't have the financial resources to do many of the capital projects that are necessary. for that we need state and particularly federal assistance. the major waterways have to be made more flexible to deal with these kinds of rain incidents when they happen. there are more of them happening. and hurricane ida was particularly concerning

you say we, it is you senator booker, gillibrand and others, we support the caucus and members in the house who have said they intend to vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill once the build better back bill is backed. you are giving the weight to the progressives meeting with president biden in a bit. what do you need to see, what will you accept on that front? >> look. i'm not saying anything i haven't said now for months. remember when the whole question about how we were going to do build back better first came up months we knew we needed roads and bridges. we need child care so that mamas can go back to work. we need to expand medicare coverage so that it covers dental and hearing and vision and make a big down payment on fighting against the climate crisis. so there were some of our colleagues in the democratic caucus that said we'd like to break this into two parts. one part is going to be something we'll negotiate bipartisan with the republicans and then a second part. and the rest of us went along with that on the understanding all the pieces move together. not one piece

and look, folks, i want to thank governor and leader schumer and kristen -- i should say senator gillibrando for being here. you know, it's not, how can i say this, sometimes some very bad things happen that have a tendency to bring out the best in a people and a country. and i think what people are seeing across this country from the wildfires in california and the far west, which i'm heading to in a couple days, all the way to down in louisiana in the gulf where i was a couple days ago, to new jersey and pennsylvania and new york. people are beginning to realize this is much, much bigger than anyone was willing to believe. and the whole segment of our population denying this thing called climate change. but i really mean it. sometimes my mother used to say out of everything bad, something good will come of it if you look hard enough. i think we've all seen even the climate sceptics are seeing that this really does matter. and it's not just whether or not people who are just trying to get by in these homes in these allies here working their butts off do well, it's people in hightowers alon

look folks, i want to thank the governor and leader schumer and senator gillibrand and congresswomanest, which i'm heading to a couple of days, all the way to down in louisiana, the gulf where i was a couple of days ago, to thejersey and pennsylvania, and new york people are beginning to realise, this is much, much bigger than anyone was willing to believe. and a whole segment of our population denying this thing called climate change. but, i really mean it. some times my mother used to say out of everything had something will come good if you look hard enough for it. i think we've all seen, even the climate sceptics are seeing that this really does matter. and it's notjust this really does matter. and it's not just whether or not this really does matter. and it's notjust whether or not people who are just trying to get by in these homes in these alleys here, working their buts off do well. it's people in high towers along the shore will find that as this rain and all this change takes place and the ground water, the buildings are actually beginning to tilt. 100 story buildings, this

. >> thank you, senator, let me recommend senator gillibrand, please. >> are you aware of any internal audits within the department of defense over the execution of the war over the last 20 years? >> i am not, other than the aar activity that we will conduct within the department. >> what's that? >> after action review. >> what will that -- what will make up that review? >> we'll focus on, you know, the things that have occurred as part of this latest operation, but i think your initial question, was there review over the last 20 years. >> correct. >> the answer is no. >> do you think review of broad scope would be useful to dod and to policy makers in the future, particularly this committee? >> i do, senator. i also think, as i mentioned, should have interagency flavor, as well. >> do you have any recommendations for external independent review of the war in afghanistan? for example, what do you think congress' role should be and how would such an audit be conduct? ed what u.s. agencies, countrys and organizations should be included in the review of america's longest war? >> i don't h

, you know, i want to thank the governor and leader schumer and kirsten -- i should say senator gillibrandsswoman ming and maloney and meeks and mayor de blasio for being here. you know, it's not -- how can i say this. sometimes some very bad things happen that have a tendency to bring out the best in a people and a country. and i think what people are seeing across this country from the wildfires in california and the far west which i'm heading to in a couple days all the way to down in louisiana and the gulf where i was a couple of days ago to new jersey and pennsylvania to a lesser extent, delaware to a lesser extent and new york, people are beginning to realize this is much, much bigger than anyone was willing to believe. and a whole segment of our population denying this thing called climate change. but i really mean it. sometimes my mother used to say out of everything bad something good will come if you look hard enough for it. well, i think we've all seen even the climate skeptics are seeing that this really does matter. and it's not just whether or not people who are just trying t

. >> thank you senator gillibrand. senator fisher please. >> i too would like to thank our military men and women for their dedication to this country for the sacrifices they and their families make in the emmy theater of war and make every day for us. but our exit from afghanistan was a disaster. and the missteps that are already outlined had consequences that struck close to home. as an a nebraskaen, corpsal dagen paige was one of the 13 service members killed in actio dagen paige was one of the 13 service members killed in action. global credibility with allies and partners would suffer and the narrative of abandoning the afghans would become widespread. would you agree that all of these things have happened over the last eight weeks are currently happening? >> i think in the main, yes senator, most of those are probably happening right now. >> and i hope that we see in the future military advise having more consideration by the administration on what will happen from what you and general mckenzie have said today. >

we've been through this before kirsten gillibrand known in house as moderate appointed to senate setbenjamin state senator as lieutenant governor he is taking office here today, as lieutenant governor, he is picked because of his chance of the defunded police movement lack of support law enforcement, she has contempt on the health commissioner howard zucker list goes on eviction moratorium and more trying to appease far left of her party, it is a push that is not in the best interests of the state i think actually the mayor's advice should be well taken don't try to be all things to all people the state needs saving the far left isn't going to do it. >> we saw with joe biden as well throughout the campaign moderate this moderate that. he is not moderate at all we've seen who joe biden is, by the way, yesterday, kathy hochul signed a bill into law will ban gasoline powered vehicles in new york. with you in on that, that she says, that begins -- if ban will begin by 2035, quick congressman before we go. >> no, absolutely not. now he they are talking about increasing gas 55 cents a gall

i propose with senator menendez and before senator menendez, senator gillibrand, reforms to accomplish that. we can achieve that. but risk rating 2.0 is not the way to do so. it is time for congress to conduct thorough oversight. and, of course, i represent the people of louisiana. but i can speak of any place in the nation which is flooded. speaking for the people of louisiana but for all those fellow americans who flooded, when you flood you've been pounded. and my job is to help my fellow americans no matter where she or he lives to get back on their feet. and right now i speak to the people of louisiana. it is my commitment to you to attempt to do so. and we're strong. we're resilient. i drove through south louisiana. there are people cleaning up -- cleaning up their house by taking water-logged beds out and they gave a thumbs up when you went by. they are resilient. we are resilient people. on the other hand, when you see on a map of power outage and we're four weeks out and there are still people who don't have power back and this is the united states of america. they don't have

chaired by new york senator kristen gillibrand.