allowed up by the rules committee, you tweeted the breakdown, 90 commerce, justice, 35 for the agriculture and f.d.a. 69 interior and environment. and 62 for transportation and housing and urban development. what are some of the key amendments? >> some of the key amendments we are watching for affect the department of commerce, the census question and affect the department of justice and hiring of immigration judges and there is some language that democrats are looking to bar the department of justice from trying to overturn the affordable care act. there are a number of amendments in there offered bipartisan support increasing funding for issues like school violence or gun violence research. we will be watching a lot of those. and chiefly one amendment i was looking for that was no inserted were democrats were trying to insert language in the bill that would block the 2020 census question. the bill always does that. it was taken out because it was duplicative. another one is the manager's amendment that says federal agencies are allowed to hire daca recipients, which is something that sort of was s

the rules committee, you tweeted this, the breakdown, 90 commerce-science-justice, 35 for agriculture and f.d.a., 69 interior-environment. 34 for the military construction-va. and 62 for transportation and housing and urban development. what are some of the key amendments you'll be watching for? guest: some of the key amendments we are certainly watching for affect the department of commerce. the census question. they affect the department of justice. and the hiring of immigration judges there. there is also some language that democrats are looking to add that would bar the department of justice from trying to overturn the affordable care act. there are a number of amendments in there -- a number of amendments offered bipartisan support for increasing funding when it comes to certain issues like school violence or gun violence research. certainly we'll be watching a lot of those. one element i was looking for that was not inserted were democrats were trying to firm language in the bill that would block the 2020 census question, but likely discussed the bill already does that. i assume it was ta

the rules committee, you tweeted this, the break down, 90 commerce, science, justice, 35 for agriculture and f.d.a., 69 interior, environment. 34 for the military construction-va. and 62 for transportation and housing and urban development. what are some of the key amendments you'll be watching for? >> some of the key amendments we are serning watching for affect the department of commerce. the census question. they affect the department of justice. and the hiring of immigration judges there. there is also some language that democrats are looking to add that would bar the department of justice from trying to overturn the affordable care act. there are a number of amendments in there -- a number of amendments offered bipartisan support for increasing funding when it comes to certain issues like school violence or gun violence research. certainly we'll be watching a ot of those. cheechly what -- one element i was looking for that was not inserted were democrats were trying to firm language in the bill that would block the 2020 census question, but likely discussed the bill already does that. i assum

and at the f.d.a. and now serves of the director of regulatory and external affairs of dupont corporation's agricultural enterprise you can also look at someone like clinton uter who is also at the u.s.d.a. and was a u.s. trade representative and he's on the board of my kitchen which is a wholly owned subsidiary of dow chemical but perhaps one of the most egregious ones is michael taylor who was appointed by the obama administration prior to joining as deputy director of foods at the f.d.a. he was actually the head of science policy for months anto and the list goes on you have many of these people who have one foot into the biotech pharma and the other foot in the government regulatory bodies i mean this kind of collusion is reprehensible and it's amazing that the legal infrastructure even allow. the e.p.a. won't bancorp pyra fox reversing efforts by the obama administration the c.e.o. of dow chemical the maker of the past aside here with the president applauded the decision company saying it is confident in the health and safety of its product. these companies are criminal enterprises and the only way

i want to focus my remarks on the fiscal year 2020 agriculture rural development, f.d.a., and relations agencies bill. this bill includes robust funding for the u.s. department of agriculture and the u.s. food and drug administration, two federal agencies that touch the life of every single american. i'm proud to be on the subcommittee that oversees this bill, and i'm grateful of chairman bishop and ranking member forten bery for working -- fortenberry for working together to come up with a bill that supports diversity of american agriculture. of growing techniques that are used by american farmers, in maine, organic food sales increased 39% between 2012 and 2017. producing food free of toxic chemicals that are for the health for consumers, for the farmers, and for our environment. this bill supports growing markets, including organic and locally grown food by increasing the funding for the national organic program to $18 billion and $24.4 million for the local agricultural market program. the bill also boosts usda efforts to reduce food waste by including $1 million for a new compostin