services on agency premises includes personal management department of education department of health and human services department of agriculture the department of homeland security. department of veterans favors department labor department interior department of treasury, so what are you all doing about it on the republican side? and the government biden's government biden's administration, seem using a whole on government approach to get people to vote democrat. >> you know of you seen weaponization of government in fact we set up a committee just to look into weaponization of government there are a lot of lawsuits when joe biden said we're going to waive student loan debt the court said no, he can't do that he is going to continue to push the envelope, look the election held today we would win, i think works, election is not today it is 8 months from now as you pointed out i think going to pull out every stop we need pulling out every stop as well going to do that but i think the country is fed you up doesn't like direction under joe biden failed administration higher taxes, higher spending higher inflation people paying mor

or want to help with resources, they can go to my facebook page, miller for texas, texas department of agriculturewebsite, texas department of agriculture. three main -- four main things. first is a hay hotline, donate hay or feed. or donate a truck or trail tory help haul that. and pick-up locations around the state, and delivery points up in the texas panhandle. next thing you'll find is our star program which is a grant program, state of texas agriculture relief. it's not taxpayer dollars, it's good people, you know, wanting to help out, so we take money from individuals, groups, corporations, companies, whoever. and we put 100% of that back into the farmer's pocket to help them rebuild. buy new wire, posts, put a barn up, things that insurance doesn't carry. we recently had a generous donation of $500,000 from heb, one of our local grocery chains here in texas. the third thing is, and it's relatively new, but always bothered me, sandra, highest rate of suicide are the veterans and the farmers. so there is a 988 suicide line but they don't understand farmers or agriculture, so i've set up my ow

been undertaking over the last few months in t start secretary bill sack to hear about the department of agricultureperhaps a austin to hear about the department of defense. >> mr. president very pleased to be here today to report on the progress usda has made under the signed and american families. first we finished the final rule on inclusive which bans discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion and more including being a cooperative th poultry markets. it's going to prohibit retaliation as livestock producers and poultry growers engaging in very basic acvities. reported to the government forming an association of producers or more. for example it protects livestock produces a poultry growers to communicate with each other and other packers and poultry dealers in search of new opportunities to compete or engage in price discovery.eceptg false or misleading statements and material omissions and contracting contracts operations and contract termination. slide in the slide drag to more proposed res unfair and deceptive practices the second reaffirms the long-standing essentials harm the compe

my name is alexey, you are at the department of agriculture in a unique laboratory of precision agriculture for several years, in it, in it, the agricultural sector has been immersed in modern technologies for several years now, sophisticated devices are working wonders on fields and farms. for 3 years the academy has been operating a scientific and educational center, here they train specialists in the field of digital economy. there is a lot of knowledge, and this knowledge... are working here now and are based on modern approaches, software, modern equipment, which is now being implemented everywhere by agricultural producers in our country. autopilots, drones, simulators, this audience is called the department of the future; technologies can simplify routine work and increase its efficiency. only one autopilot allows farmers or agricultural producers to... over 100 thousand specialists, among them government officials, scientists, 90% of the employees of the agricultural and biological departments of the academy of sciences, graduates of the institution , 100 brave guys gathered in our

department of agriculture of the department of interior.y released their 150 recommendations this past september. the rertyou can fight fires, modernize the tools we use, and adopt a proactive approach so that our communities can be better prepared to face this problem in the future. our committee has taken some key steps related to the recommendation. last year, the senate passed the disasters of a vacation act, which makes it easier for people to get help they need after wild fires, as well as other serious natural disasters. this congress help? when the workforce and expand firefighters all across america. this community has also passed the wildland firefighter protection by senator cinema to establish a permanent needed pay scale for to advance this bipartisan legislation to prevent a pay cliff for wildland firefighters th end of this school year. but there still so much more we need to do. wildfires have become a crisis for the country, and when the colts were old and comprehensive solutions. this threat is and just want to go away, an

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build new network connections were first-time network connections in unserved areas, the department of agricultureoadband and internet of things spread to agriculture yos so many communities and so many served implemented in opennot access policy to try to have an option so that end users get better experience and there's more of a competitive presence even when there's only one physical network. the department of treasury, we will hear from joey who has led the capital project initiative also had the foresight to implement as part of their policies and open access preference which also got picked up by ntia and so that ntia recommended for guarantees who would be applying for founds make their networks in those underserved -- unserved areas available and a number of states have come forward with plans that do exactly that as recommended by ntaa, as implemented by agriculture and treasury as part of the recent changes in broadband infrastructure so that states including massachusetts, colora, florida, pennsylvania have all implemented preference systems so that in evaluating guaranties, bids to pr

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of pennsylvania chairs the house agriculture committee. >> the committee comes to order and thank you forwñcn joining te meeting, the dangers china imposes to the department agriculture. after briefemarks we'll hear from witnesses and the hearing then will be open to questions. traditionally we don't do questions with panels of our kns interested in taking a few questions. timewise, i'm not sure we'll be able to do a full round with the governor. and the second panel will be five minutes questions as normal.nd thanks to all for being here for a timely and necessary conversation about threats cna poses american agriculture. the people's republic of china, governed by the chinese communist party, which is the strike comes from, it doesn't come from individuals. this is imposed basically where we're lynx to the chinese communist party, has gone out of its way to reduce reliance on-ively pursuing tactics that threaten our nation's ability to feed itself. these threats are multifaceted and aic and incendiary and require coordinated and proactive response. that's last few years them gather up farmland at an active rate. china's long use of legal and regulatoryt

of pennsylvania agriculture committee. >> the committee comes to order and thank you for meeting, the dangers china imposes to the department of agriculture. after brief remarks we'll hear from witnesses and the hearing then will be open to questions. traditionally we don't do questions with panels of our colleagues. i know the governor was interested in taking a few questions. timewise, i'm not sure we'll be able to do a full five-minute round with the governor. and the second panel will be five minutes questions as normal. so good morning to all for being here for a timely and necessary conversation about threats■+ american agriculture. the people's republic of china, governed by the chinese communist party, which is where the stri from, it doesn't come from individuals. this is imposed basically where we're looking at, lynx to the chinese communist party, has gone out of its way to reduce reliance on american agricuure all while aggressively pursuing tactics that threaten our nation's ability to feed itself. these threats are multifaceted and a strategic and incendiary and require coordinated and proactive response. that

general offices, so why not in iran , the general department of education, the general department of school renovation , the general department of agriculturalad, or the agricultural jihad organization with these capacities i said that there is no time , the same goes for the mining industry, the work department, and i even told you that a part of the radio and television can operate there and introduce our cultural wealth and those brilliant talents, mr. bamri . what and how can have a decisive effect on top of creating employment and business prosperity in the region , you see, when i had the opportunity to visit the people of hazrat agha a few months ago during my recent trip, hazrat agha said: if the meetings of the 80s had been implemented, the situation in sistan baluchistan would be very different today. it would be even more if we had the 20-year plan, the vision document, if the five-year plans of the 7th plan would be compiled, and if all of this would be implemented and operational, we would have a different province today than in the past, dry port or region. especially the economy that hurts me it is currently being implemented,

as many of you know, in 2021, the department of agriculture estimated foreign investments in u.s. agriculture land grew to nearly 40 million acres. a few months ago we received a final report which showed congress where gaps exist in our reporting framework and how better more timely coordination between federal agencies could help increase visibility into potential national security risks related to■ó foreign investment. congress took a natural first step with the recent passage of the consolidated appropriations act where the bill addressed foreign ownership of land by improving the tracking system of it. the fact china imports as much food as the u.s. exports to the whole world makes this conversation more difficult. in recent years, the u.s. has seen record export values to china for soybeans, corn, beef, chicken sorghum which are contributors which explore market diversity elsewhere. how do we strike a balance protecting our producers and consumers and every piece of agriculture value chain while keeping pace with china's needs? how do we reduce our reliance on one country wi

department of agriculture. s this is largely a result of extreme weather. nbc news national climate reporter chase cain takes a closer look at how this impacts what you pay at the grocery store. >> you can see it in the fast early bloom of d.c.'s iconic cherry blossoms, and you can feel it bringing prices at the grocery store up 25% in four years. >> they're ridiculously high. >> human-caused climate change is throwing off nature's cycles and we are quite literally paying the price. it shows up in both individual extreme weather events and the long-term trend like the newly updated hardiness zones, a map guiding farmers and gardeners what to grow and where and look at how it's shifted since 2012, as the coldest days got a lot warmer. >> our farmers who are at the front line of making sure that we have an abundant, safe, nutritious food supply in the country, they're being challenged right now by climate change. >> the chief scientist for the u.s. department of agriculture pointed to georgia, simultaneously losin

agriculture, and recreation. debilitating or states economy and costing the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually. the team at the state departmentt 15 years of preparation into action. they deployed a treatment plan quickly and effectively. to protect our water. idaho got done in six weeks what took other states six months to get done. thank you. [applause] we must finish the fights. idaho works plan continues or states response of this highly destructive invasive species. our plan also expands access to outdoor recreation because we know idahoans quality of life depends greatly on their ability to explore and unwind enter vast open spaces. we all agree the safety and protection of our children is paramount. for directing our youth and communities from harm this all our responsibility especially when it comes to the scourge of fentanyl. in the past year idaho began a successful public education campaign to reach people in idaho 60 million times in a few short months. and now teens and young adults are more aware fentanyl. they are more concerned about their peers using it than ever before and importantly they are talking about i

department of agriculture released a study showing that the population of rural areas is increasing for the first time in a decade. in fact, parts of rural kansas are now growing 8 times master than the national average. >> you too often seems as people, especially here in the state house believe our rural communities are doomed to shrink. their hospitals are doomed to close. their schools are doom today decline, that we should be throwing up our arms as if there's nothing we can do about it. i happened to think that's nonsense. so here is my message tonight, step up for rural kansas, step up. this must be a priority. when rural kansas is strong, kansas is strong. [applause] now maybe that's something folks aren't use today hearing from the a democrat, but i didn't get here yesterday. i know from years and years of traveling this the great state from the one small town to another that rural kansas is not only the economic engine of our state, it's our heart, it's our core, it's who we are and it's why we love being kansans. [applause] right now we are in a position of strength. we are d

of every seven jobs. however, our nation is experiencing a mounting agricultural trade deficit which is nearly -- has nearly doubled in the last year, according to the departmentlture. mr. miller: this has had a large impact on ohio farm economies and american leadership in international agricultural trade. we should be committed to delivering an updated farm bill that ensures long-term growth and addresses the unique needs of america's farmersmers. as we celebrate national agriculture week, let us work together to create new markets for american agricultural products, strengthen domestic energy resources. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker proempore: rurpose e gentlewoman from the virgin islands seek recognition? ms. plaskett: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without minute. ms. plaskett: thank you, mr. speaker. well before equality for women were discussed in the u.s. mainland, the virgin islands have lauded, uplifted and seen women fighters and leaders. all v.i. children know the stories of our queens, but our girls have a wealth of women wh, privacy and

i'm working as an assistant officer at the department of agriculture extension. i've got totally vocal right. isn't that isn't the data there is. yeah, that definitely the fiber feels thick and strong. it will be a good you, the foreigners that hold on resist. the, the harvested to stocks are left to lie in the field for 3 days until all the leaves have fallen off. what follows is the unpleasant part. the green starks must rot. the . it must be walter attracts insects and victoria that are good for the jews and help the fermentation of the plant. but it's bad for human skin and causes itching says a fast today it is bearable and says a fast he's used to it anyway. other challenges are more daunting, not move on the box. that's what number one in fact that i'll call you because you have one of the i like round you, especially the jewel sticks. they sell very well and don't require much work. fine, you know, but when it's too dry, we have a problem running the green due to sticks in the past, it was easier. we used to do it everywhere in water holes and rivers. the

continui on th theme, in august of 2021, president biden, department of agriculture defied congressionalnd conducted a re-although valuation of the 2015y re-evaluation of the thrifty food plan. do you think the president is justified in ignoring congress and expanding these programs to the tunes of hundreds of billions of dollars a year in violation of the 1996 congressional review act which requires government agencies to submit policy updates to congress? ms. young: we believe we are in stro l setting, that we had every authority for the food plan. mr. cline: that was a major policy change and you ignored the c.r.a., correct? legal ability to undertake that plan. to provide hungry people with more resources. mr. cline: i'll disagreek you, . mr. arrington: i thank the gentleman from virginia and yield to our friend from new york, mr. espaillat, r five minutes. mr. espaillat: thank you. i'm greatly aware of your work this side of congress and i admire your efforts and commitment to our nation. director young, you haveee effort here to weaponize immigration once again as it happens every

important that food and drug is able to be funded, that housing is able to be funded, that the department of agriculture is able to be funded. let me say, mr. speaker, as i close, we must be responsible. 331,000 people want us to fight for them and we're going to win this fight and pass this and avoid a government shutdown. i yield back. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. the gentlelady from texas reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. roy: well, respecting my friend from texas, i will say, where were my democratic colleagues when we were passing h.r. 2 which would secure our borders. it's hard to take seriously the claims of my democratic colleagues, all radical progressives, want to secure the border and don't understand that laken riley was killed by a illegal alien which h.r. 2 would have fixed it. my democratic colleagues were nowhere to be found. this body, this side of the aisle did their job in passing a strong border security measure. we had legislation on the floor that did the job but we had no support from our democra

by the department of agriculture spent a half a million dollars on a podcast about queer farming. >> tarted out of my need for queer farmer community. i had a community of fellow farmers in my local area that was great, but they weren't queer. >> jesse: 200 grand went to a podcast that said satanists play an important role in religion. >> this is a satan who is standing up for justice against overwhelming odds on the side of the oppressed against the monarchy, against the power of the church. >> jesse: another quarter million went to a podcast that teaches us about trans swedish pronouns. instead of here she, we can say hen. >> there are gendered pronouns used for humans. he and she. gender-neutral hen is a relatively new one on the scene. for example,, molly went to the doctor and hen said molly had a cold. and set of using the default he or the awkward phrase he or she for the doctor, you can insert hen. >> jesse: ten grand of your money funded a global warming or vodka podcast. they talk about the environment through an erotic lens. viewer warning. >> i walked into the bridge of th

we got good work with the agency and the department of agriculture gracefully has communities and housingt we are way behind and i agree with you we are going to be in a crisis because the next generation of firefighters will not come from nowhere. the people they need to train all the ones losing right now went to spare my last two questions and i will submit it for the record but i don't need a judge. i'm just doing it out of the goodness of my heart. i would say in closing i deeply appreciate what you said on forestry and salary issues continue to make it impossible for the agency to field offices adequately. we do have the budget you are talking about. i will send you a question about that. >> thank you very much. he came in and said can i go next? we said sure so we go back with regular order or what do we do? google back with regular order. all right. you so much for all you've done and i appreciate the secretary being here and we have had the opportunity to work together i've enjoyed. during the recess going up into mississippi looking at different things we have a serious problem

colorado parks and wildlife in the department of natural resources and department of agriculture play key roles and we need your help to continue supporting their work to reduce and minimalize conflicts with wildlife. we've also invested nearly 300 million dollars into our precious water resources towards implementation of the visionary colorado water plant and remain committed to aggressively defending colorado's interests and rights in the colorado river negotiations. [applause] all of this work from protecting our environment and wildlife to housing in transit, to education and workforce, public safety, means a stronger and better colorado where everyone can get ahead. in addition to these efforts, we need to continue to work to strengthen our economy and help people hold on to more of their hard earned money. inkster colorado's amazing success, we are well on her way toward another record year of surpluses projected to be between $1.6 billion and $1.8 billion. a healthy surplus is of course sign of a strong economy, but also a signal that the tax rate is simply too high. [applause

our, a representative of the oversight committee working hard to produce -- protect our department of agricultureemployees and food safety. he's a staunch advocate for working people and thus since his days on the austin city council. help me welcome representative greg . >> on the hill, at the door, what do we tell them? on the hill, at that door, what do we tell them? what do we want? >> 7.4. >> what we want? >> 7.4. >> and when they say they don't have the money for it, no one can smell the bs like we can. we know the money is there. the other day we saw they spent hundreds of billions of dollars to corporate donors. they said they wanted us to work on this bill, they say they care about inflation and working people. the first bill they asked me to vote on as a member of congress is to cut irs agents that go after corporate tax sheets. boo. they always find money for their billionaire buddies and money when it is to wage war to hurt people. but we know the money is there to pay the everyday person doing the work protecting this country. that meat does not get inspected on its own peer at the w

that during the, you know, covid the lockdowns of 2020 you applied for a job at the department of agriculturetering for a data analytics course so i could get paid for it. kind of volunteer for citizen science of course but i was staying the county south where the murder hornets had settled in, i have a part protective, almost maternal love for bees, particularly bumblebees so it just kind of felt like a purpose calling me. >> stephen: this is you with your beloved bees. right there. >> those are honeybees. that's in osage county. >> stephen: what you love about bees? >> so much. i put honey in everything. it's my go-to for every little rash or cut, it's just honey. looking for a purpose. i was bringing my dog back from a walk and she just fixated on this little buzz in the succulents in front of our house and it was a be. she tends to eat bees so she wouldn't get stung. and it was a chunky bumblebee. a tricolored, tribelted bumblebee witches and indigenous species. i moved into the back porch and two days later he was still there. he was just sitting there looking inside. so i brought him an

where people are engaged in agriculture and... one of the directions will be poultry farming, but we think that everything will work out for them, specialists from the departmentogical assistance to poultry farm specialists, now the main thing is that the laying hens make it safely to the new house, a special cargo is transported comfortably on three all-terrain vehicles, depending on what kind of transportation, if they don’t break down on the road, god grant that they get there well, otherwise it will be somewhere around 11 o’clock these birds. doberingovsky, well, somewhere there will be stress, well, for two days, and then the price-bearing will begin, this spring three poultry farms should start operating in chukotka at once, another 200 laying hens, already delivered to the village of snezhnoye, a little later a batch of 300 birds will be delivered in two stages to carrying out, the main task is to create in the far north our own year-round production of chicken eggs to ensure food security, in recent years of development... and the development of poultry farming is very strong in chukotka, in the future, in the future, well, as a governor sets the task

specialists from the department of agriculture and food promise to provide the necessary methodological it to their new home. special cargo is carried comfortably on three all-terrain vehicles. it depends on the transportation, if they don’t break down on the way, god forbid. we got there well, but somewhere around 11 o’clock the bird will go to beringovsky, and somewhere there will be stress for about two days, and then the price-bearing will begin. this spring in chukotka they should to earn three poultry farms at once, another 200 laying hens have already been delivered to the village of snezhnoye, a little later a batch of 3 birds will be delivered in two stages . the main task is to create our own year-round production of chicken eggs in the far north for... almost 190 million rubles are allocated for the development of poultry farming this year in the district budget. the expected volume of egg production will be more than 8,900 thousand pieces, while local products will provide 95% of the district's residents. vladimir sirotkin, alexander kuzmenov, lead the chukotka people. all n

alexey, uh, we are doing a program about the harmonious influence of agriculture on the environment, suddenly the head of the departmentthis is paradoxical from a modern point of view, yes, because the forest falls under the jurisdiction of the ministry of nature , and not the ministry of agriculture, why forest and agriculture, somehow it is rooted in the history of russia, well, if we take history, then forestry and agriculture, they were just very closely connected in general, from the very beginning of agriculture economy, because even the first system of agricultural production, they included forests, and slash-and-burn agriculture, it actually existed in our country until the thirties of the 20th century, that is, less than 100 years ago it ceased to exist, forest-pasture farming, it also generally survived until the middle of the 20th century, and even during the period when our departments already dominated everywhere, there was such a strict centralization of everything, and in each department separately, we have forest in agriculture . was, then collective farms appeared and state farm forests, they lived unt

>> very closely with the department of energy and the department of agriculture, the faa and epa, wewant to get this greek model updated so it things you mentioned connected with sustainable aviation fuel. this is an extent in our guidance out but we want to make sure that we do it right and we are trying to get at it as quickly as possible. >> we are happy to work with you if you have questions. >> secretary yellen on march 6 2024, the house judicial committee released a report detailing the financial crime enforcement partnership with the fbi to gain access to consumers information from major banks posted january 6th, 2021. as a way of tracking and targeting individuals, it assumes, that could be domestic terrorist based on certain financial transactions they made. such as dick's mobile payments used keywords like maga. are you familiar with this report? familiar with the issue you are discussing. >> what actions are you taking to ensure this is not targeting conservative americans for their constitutional rights or political beliefs? >> okay. i would like to put this in could. >>