i serve as the president of the south dakota farm bureau and the vice president of the american farm bureau association. i will focus on the growing concerns of farmers and ranchers across the country due to the impact of terrorist on farming and -- on tariffs on farming and ranching. we are facing a lot of challenges right now. in 2014 the american farmers income has fallen 52%. farmers are dealing with shifts in the commodity market because of trade and tariff threats. they have survived by expanding their operations. today that operation is fairly untouchable because of the lack of qualified label -- labor and access to land. the ingredients of this perfect storm create threats, -- trade threats, lower income, and no or -- and no farm bill will be more than we can handle. agricultural has traditionally been a bright spot in our country's balance of trade. in 2017 we had a positive trade balance of $21 billion in relation to ag exports. we will quickly lose our place if we can't be trusted as a trading partner and our farmers no longer have access to markets they depend on. multiple

president of the south dakota farm bureau and vice president of the american farm bureau federation. and i would yield to representative gnome for any additional comments. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm proud to introduce my friend and fellow south dakotan paul vanderwall. it's imperative we have folks testifying that live the reality of the tariffs and the retaliation from other countries against our farmers and ranchers. scott has been a leader for agriculture across the country. his farm and ranch is just about 45 miles south of my ranch. i've known him for many years and appreciated his leadership not just at the state level but at the national level as well. him and his wife michelle have been active. they raise corn and soybeans. they have a custom kalgt feeding operation. he's here to tell the story of what every south dakota farmer is going through during these difficult times. thank you, scott. >> our next witness is co-owner of goose neck cattle. representative farmers for free trade and national association of wheat growers. our sixth and last witness is jarod be jarod be

president of the south dakota farm bureau and vice president of the american farm bureau federation. and i would yield to representative gnome for any additional comments. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm proud to introduce my friend and fellow south dakotan paul vanderwall. it's imperative we have folks testifying that live the reality of the tariffs and the retaliation from other countries against our farmers and ranchers. scott has been a leader for agriculture across the country. his farm and ranch is just about 45 miles south of my ranch. i've known him for many years and appreciated his leadership not just at the state level but at the national level as well. him and his wife michelle have been active. they raise corn and soybeans. they have a custom kalgt feeding operation. he's here to tell the story of what every south dakota farmer is going through during these difficult times. thank you, scott. >> our next witness is co-owner of goose neck cattle. representative farmers for free trade and national association of wheat growers. our sixth and last witness is jarod bernstein.

it's partnering with farm bureau to offer these plans. i think what that suggests to me is they are actually now figuring out, they being well mark, how to play to both the subsidized and the unsubsidized market. right. so they can potentially end their transitional plans and for the group that would be qualified for subsidies they can pursue them there in the marketplace, but for other individuals who are in better shape, you know, healthier and younger, maybe not subsidized, they can go after them through these farm bureau plans and i will leave it there. thank you. >> thank you, brad. there was a famous book called "what's the matter with kansas" i think we just heard the sequel, what's the matter with iowa. lynn, tell us about minnesota. >> okay. we will try to do this in ten minutes. so minnesota like other states has had a very volatile individual market. we're very small market so we started when we -- when we started with the aca implementation we had about 300,000 people, that has diminished to about 160,000 so we've lost a lot a

thend our fourth witness, president of the south dakota farm bureau, vice president of the american farm bureau federation. and i would yield to representative nome for additional comments. >> i am proud to introduce my friend and fellow south dakotan to everyone today. i think it is imperative when we have these discussions that we have folks testifying who live the reality of these tariffs and the retaliation we are seeing. scott has long been a leader for agriculture around the country, and his farm and ranch is about 45 miles south of my ranch. i have known him for many years, and have appreciated his leadership not just at the state level, but at the national level as well. him and his wife michelle have been very active. they raise corn and soybeans and have a cattle feeding operation. i'm grateful he's here to tell his story, but also the story of what every single stop the coda farmer --south dakota farmer is going through. >> our fifth witness is co-owner cattle,eneck landing president of the montana grain growers' association. our sixth and last witness, jared bernstein, senior

recent is the passage of a law to allow farm bureau to sell health plans that are not considered health insurance. to -- if you pay $55 to become a member of farm bureau, you get access to these plans which will be cheaper because they are not as robust of a product, bottom line. that may be great for individuals that are out here above 400% poverty and not subsidized. i don't have a crystal ball to tell you what will happen to some of the younger and healthier people in the subsidized market and want to move to a cheaper plan, but that is where we are headed. to finish up as i am over time, said it is going back and the marketplace in 2019, partnering with farm bureau off of these plans. what that suggests to me is they to figuring out, how to play both the subsidized and unsubsidized market. a can potentially and their transitional plans and for the group that would be qualified for subsidies, they can pursue them in the marketplace, but for other individuals who are in maybe shape and younger, not subsidized, they can go after them through these farm bureau plans. i'll leave it there

with a number of farmers and groups like the indiana corn and soybean alliance and the indiana farm bureau to hear the growing concerns with falling commodity prices and uncertain trade policies which are already harming the hoosier farmers and communities. they tell you a conversation i had last friday. it was with a businessman who's also a farmer and he's telling me about he just bought 140 acres from another farmer and he said i told the farmer i don't want to buy this from you right now because i know you're struggling. and i know you don't want to sell this coming and i don't want to take advantage of you. and the farmer selling acidified gonsalves, i could start losing everything else so you are actually helping me out. this is where our economy is going right now. i also heard from local businesses dealing with canceled orders because of the tariffs. the price of soybeans as i mentioned is a ten year low due largely to the terrorists on the exports. this turned policy what i worry about is that it's already damaged the markets that took decades and decades to build so what would be

way we fly airbus for one has announced seventeen billion dollars worth of deals so far at the farm bureau airshow just last month it said it could quit the u.k. overprice it but since the release of may's proposal to try and keep a free trade area between the e.u. and the u.k. airbus has said it's cautiously optimistic. the u.k.'s main aviation industry group echoes the sentiment but insists much is still up in the air. now for a change some good news from deutsche bank germany's biggest lender says it will make a second quarter profit of four hundred million euros far exceeding expectations that impressed markets and sent its share prices soaring the new c.e.o. christian zeevi is restructuring the bank cutting thousands of jobs and shrinking its investment activities that's led to lower costs and spending on legacy litigation is also down the even says the higher profit shows his reforms are working. incurred a huge full year loss last year. but there's still a lot of ground to cover for dodge a bank and its new c.e.o. before the share price can recover properly is our financial correspo

so most recent development in iowa is the passage of a law to allow farm bureau to sell health plans that are not considered health insurance. and so that stands to, if you pay $55 and become a member of farm bureau, you get access to plans that will be cheaper because they're not as robust of an insurance product, bottom line. so that may be great for these individuals that are out here above 400% of poverty and not subsidiz subsidized. i don't have a crystal ball to tell you what will happen to maybe some of the younger and healthier people who are in the subsidized market and want to move to an even cheaper plan, but that's kind of where we're headed. just to finish up as i'm over time, wellmark has said it's going back into the marketplace in 2019, so it's partnering with farm bureau to offer these plans. i think what that suggests to me is they're actually now figuring out, they being wellmark, how to play to both the subsidized and unsubsidized market. they can potentially end their transitional plans and for the group that would be qualified for subsidies, they can pursue them

the overall cost for ten people about 55 bucks. >> calling malarkey on the farm bureau. >> you had usver for a lovely party at your house. >> more than that. >> more than $6 a person. >> fancy barbecue. >> that's what we were thinking about. grilling, getting outside. spending time with family and the weather is going to be really nice heading into the fourth of july. which, of course, great news and coming down from the sizzling temperatures over the weekend. a live look outside and san francisco right now still cloudy and it will take a little while longer before we can mix out this marine layer for sunshine there. at least air quality improved just a bit as wildfire smoke from the further north bay we'll see that drifting mainly adolof and south bay looking good. it is moderate air quality in the day. a live look outside in dublin seeing the drifts of smoke coming by and some filtered sunshine right now. as you check out the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen you will see how nice and cool it will be on wednesday. as we take a live look outside in downtown san jose, clo

e american farm bureau says the costf a summer cookout will average $6 per that's about 1% less than last year. items on the menu includes hot dogs, cheeseburgers and potato salad. >> i like chicken wings on the grill. >> and some corn. some corn on there. >> can you actually cook? >> i have been known to put some meat on the grill. i'm not saying it's necessarily edible when it's done. but i participate. >> you know how to eat the food, though. i know. >>> it's probably not surprising to hear a dog is livin at a county.se in fairfax >> but that is not a dalmatian riding the tcks to danger. this is a different kind of fire house dog andow he is helping some of f the braveirst responders there. >>es wally l making people feel good. he lives a dog's fe. fetches a ball. answers commands. this 2-year-old goldendoodlehas a special job, certified canine therapy. he is believed to be the first therapy dog that lives full-time at firehouse. he has a personalized crate i the family room. >> now,now, wally is an additio. >> reporter: wally comforts paul stella. >> i like it. i'm a dog person.

brian duncan is with me, a pork farmer and from the illinois farm bureau.ke, it's great to be back. thank you for having me on today. >> you got it. let's just begin with the one quote that i was reading from the republican senator pat toomey who referred to the bailout as, quote, a band-aid on a self-inflicted wound. brian, how does it feel for you? >> well, i think there's a mixed demolition here. i myself am grateful that the president has recognized the deep amount of economic damage that has been done since the trade war began. since you and i first talked several months ago. and so we're grateful that he recognized it. i think the step yesterday was a really important step to helping address some of the short-term economic needs that we are experiencing right now out here on the rm fa. but we still think that longer term there is a better way to go about solving the trade issues that no doubt exist that involves negotiation, it involves a rule-based approach to the solution. for the short-term -- >> i want to stay on the short-term and then we'll talk

i think it will be affected by the short-term plan, farm bureau sort of thing. i think we need to stay tuned on the small-group side of the employer market to see if it continues -- is not like it is vastly better than before but it doesn't seem dramatically worse, either. >> any other reaction? >> i would say the small group market in colorado -- colorado had actually gone to reforms about a decade ago for community ratings and small group markets. the market has been stable and we have not seen the volatility that we see in the individual market. in -- the big insurance carriers in colorado have stopped paying commissions on the individual market but they're playing -- paying for the small-group market. that eliminated their broker support staff for the individual market but they have the support staff for the small- group market which gives you an indication that they're happy to still be selling small-group plans. so that small-group market is strong., >> tell us who you are. dave hansen, university -- you have mentioned the effects of -- was there any conve

you have iowa following tennessee in creating a state farm bureau plan which they call not insurance which means it doesn't have to comply with the aca, but can be a way to provide more affordable coverage but it tends to be good coverage to people in those states. we will see how that plays out. so there's just -- this is going to be the challenge. this is what all the states are looking at is what can we do going forward? i think we've been basically spending the last eight years just trying to get to stability, just trying to figure out what the options are. we keep -- you know, keep hearing changes at the federal level, regulatory changes, all kinds of things, so can we get to the point where things are stable enough where we can really sit down and try to figure out for each state how best to get affordable options to people. that's the challenge in front of everybody right now. >> stabilizing the market is number one. i mean, we don't want to see individuals going off to health insurance products that are weak and inadequate but they're cheap, but as soon as they get sick then

and unfortunately, for example, the farm bureau, when we talked about china currency and we talked about their 301. you were getting the benefit at the time and you didn't help us. so now we all have to join together to help carve out a policy that makes sense. thank you. >> gentleman's time is expired. thank you, mr. kelly you're recognized. >> thank you chairman, thank you all for taking time out of your lives to come here with us. we get called out to vote. we control nothing in our lives. once you get elected. everything is scheduled for you. when you talked about loss of market share. i think it was you mr. paap. when you talk about market share and trueing to get market share back, i think as one of the people that actually do what you do as opposed to people who get elected to represented you actually walk that walk -- represent you so -- with the trade imbalance, do we not have a trade imbalance right now? it certainly didn't start with this administration. it started many, many years ago. how would you turn it around? what would you do. what would the levers be that you would us

you can also talk about association health plans or farm bureaus, , those sorts of thing. those are the three major developments that emerge over the past year but other important changes, a variety of more i do what you say minor changes but secondary changes that shorten the open involvement and made it more difficult to enroll through special involvement by increasing the verification requirements. mixed use positives and negatives about that. reduce spinney for outreach and just this week greatly reduce spending for navigators with association health health plans as imaging and then a set of measures that were introduced early in the trump administration, stabilization measures that provide more flexibility cares in terms of how they said the standardized plans or how they are assessed for the medical loss ratios. a lot of regulatory detail but a first suite in the past year at how did all that play into the underlying market dynamics that have merged the year before? the metaphor of the three latest dual, charles davis handiwork in terms of dealt take in the details b

don't comply with the affordable care act like limited benefits or policies sold by ministries or farm bureau policies. jeanette has a nice list of things that consumers should think about. so how will people know they are marketed a plan that may not cover everything they need to underwrite on their family? do they have warning labels on them does that vary by state? pemex dates have to have requirements for disclosure for protection they have to submit that material to the state for t approval or at least a review so they know they are giving the proper information to consumers before they make their purchase.e. clearly the buyer is forewarned before they make the acquisition.orne on the short-term medical products but it does have distinct limitations particularly if it turns out they have very limited coverage for pre-existing conditions. people really need to know that before they make the purchase if they think they have insurance then try to find and find out the hard way they don't i can tell you the state of washington has been vigorous in my discussion with my colleagues from other

why don't we listen to what the american farm burewrow -- bureau federation said. agriculture is an energy intensive sector and a carbon tax leff have ied -- levied on farmers and ranchers would be devastate, let's listen to what the americans for tax reform said. a carbon tax would kill american jobs by the millions. why would we want to allow the possibility -- believe me, there are some people in washington that are talking about trying to bring a carbon tax. to kt a like there is no talk at all, clearly there are people here in this chamber that want to impose a carbon tax. let's be clear about how devastating that would be to the american economy. everybody gets to take a position on this today, mr. speaker. you are either for a carbon tax or against it. i would urge strong support for house concurrent resolution 119. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. neal: thank you, mr. speaker. i wonder what the farm bureau says about the tariffs on agricultura

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arab spring one has announced seventeen billion dollars worth of deals so far at the farm bureau airshow just last month it could quit the u.k. overprice it but since the release of may's proposal to try and keep a free trade area between the e.u. and the u.k. airbus says it's cautiously optimistic. the u.k.'s main aviation industry group echoes the sentiment but insists much is still up in the air. well ahead all the telltale signs of a sure fire blockbuster well that is why china's three main film production houses hopped on board but instead of busting the block the fantasy film has just been a big bust the one hundred twelve million dollars film only raked in a humbling seven and a half million dollars on its weekend a film tells the story of a ship heard predicting a heavenly realm it reaches the name chinese actors and it's loaded with special effects producers are planning on reworking the film has been using it at a later date to hopefully recruit the one hundred in five million dollars they lost . and here's a reminder now all of the top stories we're following for you. the euro

you have iowa following tennessee creating a state farm bureau plan which they call not insurance which means it doesn't have to comply with the aca but a way to provide more affordable coverage that it can be good coverage to people in those states. we will see how that plays out. this is going to be the challenge. what states are looking at is what we can do going forward. we have spent the last eight years tragic figure out what the options are and we keep hearing changes at the federal level, regulatory changes and all kinds of things so can we get to the point where things are stable enough for or reconsider down and figure out for each state the best affordable options for people and that's a challenge for everybody right now. >> stabilizing the market is number one. we don't want to see individuals going off to health insurance products that are inadequate but cheap and as soon as they get sick they come running to the aca compliance. if you do that you have a very expensive risk pool and that person with the cheap policy will pay through the nose tomorrow when i try to get full

iowa following tennessee and creating a state farm bureau plan which they call not insurance which means it doesn't have to comply with the aca. it tends to be good coverage to people in those states. and there's just -- this is going to be the challenge. this is what all the states are looking at. what can we do going forward? we've been spending the last eight years trying to get the stability. trying to figure out what the options are. we keep hearing changes at the federal level. can we get to the point to where things are stable enough where we can try to figure out for each state how best to get affordable options to people. and that's the challenge. >> stabilizing the markets is number one. we don't want to see individuals going off to health insurance products that are weak and inadequate but chain. but as soon as they get sick they come running to the aca compliant plans. you have an expensive risk pool for anyone who needs insurance. and that person with the cheap policy today will pay through the nose tomorrow when they try to get full coverage. all of a sudden i have metastat

even though it's clear the farm bureau does not like tariffs. we heard this morning from the treasury secretary here at the white house telling reporters not to characterize this aid package as a bailout, even though that's what the headlines have been saying. on to granite city and steel, that's a good news story there, the president essentially saying that they fired up the furnaces again and he is helping steel producers. >> always good to see jobs added. we will have the illinois senator on in a few minutes. >>> a makeup after a breakup? it happens. we have been through it. this one between the president and the european -- and the president of the european commission. the president just called the eu a foe a few weeks ago. now all is well with a hug and embrace and a kiss and a rose garden announcement after three hours of negotiations yesterday afternoon. president trumps writes, obviously the european union, is represented by yours truly, love each other, so was there a major breakthrough on trade? sort of. there was a deal to make a deal

farm bureau president.ight now as he was speaking here, the strength of the markets continues with 140 points. as i mentioned earlier. with virtually all of the key s&p 500 sectore advancing today. if there's concern that this drags on a while, there are no indications that that would be the case or hope that that will not be the case. we shall see. more of this. ♪ you shouldn't be rushed into booking a hotel. with expedia's add-on advantage, booking a flight unlocks discounts on select hotels until the day you leave for your trip. add-on advantage. only when you book with expedia. my twhe didn't have anyas an autisfriends as a result it broke my heart. ♪brother let me be your shelter♪ that was the inspiration behind my non-profit "score a friend" go! educating people to include the people with differences is so important because when jacob's included he feels like he can succeed in life and he feels like he actually has a purpose. >> we have $151 billion in trade deficits with the eu and on top of that, th

the read from the american farm bureau federation talking with me earlier on fox business network.mit to our patience because we're getting hit hard right now. when you think about it, everything from soy beans to white, barley, they all trade on the commodities markets, future markets. a lot of those prices were headed south long before donald trump became president of the united states. this trade rift that has turned out to be more involved has obviously accelerated that. the read now from republican oklahoma congressman tom cole. congressman, good to have you. farmers have been very loyal to the president and the fight will justify whatever headaches they're putting up with. but there's a limit to that, is there not? >> there is. i'm from a part of the country that doesn't gain from the tariffs anyway. big agricultural district. a district that is big oil and gas producer. the price on metals hurts us and the aeronautical industry as well. very metal sensitive. there's not much upside in this fight but there's a lot of confidence in the president of the united states. he's aske

add the president of the arkansas farm bureau said we're getting to a point now it's going to be very difficult for a farmer to make a profit with prices down and an increase in prices and everything else. lumber tariffs are added to the cost of living and housing is already difficult to afford. the record high lumber prices of that of nearly $9,000 for a new single family home for national home builders association. those are just a few examples. they are hardly the only warning signs. studies show that tariffs will hurt u.s. jobs. according to a study commission, 134,000 jobs are threatened by the first round of new tariffs on china. that could be amplified if tariffs escalate. tariffs have the potential to undo the benefit of tax reform by raising the prices for range of goods. an economist add moody's estimate that u.s. households gain about $900 annually from last year's tax legislation and the widespread tariffs could consume about 80% of the because of the drive up in the cost of impa imports. i want to be clear. i applaud the administration for leveling the playing field when

the farm bureau the cost of the summer barbecue will cost about $6 per person, about 1% less than last year. items on the menu include hot dogs, cheeseburgers, spork,re ribs, baked beans and watermelons. with your cnbc money business po , i'm kate rogers. >> oh, yeah, it's happening. king james heading out last night we got the word that lebron james is again leaving cleveland, this time headed out to l.a. to the lakers. james signed a four-year$1 million deal. the reaction was fast on voimd ai -- social mediith many celebrities welcoming james to the team. the cavs' owner also released a statement thanking james for all of his years with the team. and so far, hearing about any jersey burning out in cleveld. >>> and a new team means new teammates for lebron. you'll remember this kind of strange moment from the 2014 playoffs. slo-mo.ve the >> i love lebron's reaction. >> that's brent stevenson there, folks. he's also headed to the lakers, from the pacers. his deal was announced hours after lebron's $4.4 million i think he got. stevenson will make thatoney in a one-year deal. they're goi

the president of the arkansas farm bureau said we are getting to the point it will be difficult for a farmer to make a profit, prices down and increase in prices for everything else and i see it in lumber. union pacific lumber for western canada into locations throughout the us, the tariffs were enacted last year driving up prices and hurting american business and american consumers. lumber tariffs have added to the cost of living in housing in the us at a time when housing is difficult to afford. cost of 1000 feet of lumber from western canada is up 80% over the last 12 months, 40% happened this year alone in the record high lumber prices have added $9000 for a new single-family home according to national home dealers association. those are just a few anecdotal examples and they are hardly the only warning signs. tariffs were hurt us jobs. according to a study from the trade partnership worldwide, for every us steel or aluminum job protected by a tariff, 16 jobs in other sectors of the us economy would be lost. according to a study commissioned by the consumer technology association

and the farm bureau continues to pursue their mandatory cleanups through judicial appeals through this amendment. there are enough special interests -- interest provisions for big business in this bill already. we don't need any -- big business in this bill already. we don't need any more. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from virginia -- the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from virginia. the gentleman from has 2 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. goodlatte: at this time i'm pleased to yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. perry. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment prohibits the use of funds to take retaliatory actions against individual states. importantly, this amendment would not prevent the e.p.a. from working with states to restore the bay. in 1985 the states in the chesapeake bay region recognized the need to address pollutants in the bay and through their own initiative

there was a bill that was moving very quickly through the legislature to adopt a sort of iowa style farm bureau type of postal. what was -- proposal. what was interesting there was the coalition that came up to try to kill the bill. they said there would be some harmed by that initiative and they were successful. i think there is -- particularly on the advocacy side there has been so much focus on medicaid been --n that there has they have been slower to move to these private insurance issues, but they are starting to step up to the plate. north carolina is a great example of that. >> thank you. any of our other panelists have sort of a state highlight specific story? >> yes. whentate just came to mind alice was asking about rural areas in the last panel. that is really where the aca individual market has struggled. when we were looking at their countiesthere -- bear last year it was almost a rural county -- almost always a rural county that was at risk for not having an insurer. i would be interested to hear more on what is happening in new mexico. that is one state where they have not had tha

. >> reporter: bruce blodgett from the san joaquin county farm bureau says tariffs are raising concernsully they work quickly and figure these things out now rather than wait until we have crop coming off and maybe a more difficult time marketing it. >> we're concerned about it. we haven't had an experience like this before. so we don't know exactly what to expect. >> reporter: growers say tariffs could cause a problem with supply and demand. >> elasticity of demand, as you raise the price, there's less demand. so we'll have to find out exactly how bad the china consumers want california almonds and if they're willing to pay an increased price as a result of the tariff. >> china has already proposed tariffs on other california cash crops including walnuts and pistachios and wine. >>> this bay area girl's kidnapping and daring escape made national news. nearly 20 years later mitzi sanchez is dedicating her adult life to saving others. still to come, how you can help. something incredible is here at disney california adventure park. it must be epic! thrilling! daring! come ride the incred

you have a statement from the for the farm bureau federation, and they said we cannot overstate the direonsequences that farmers and ranchers are facing in regards to the market. we will push for a swift end to the trade war and the tariff impacting american auger culture. so republicans are saying that these are gold, because farmers already get $16 billion in subsidies alone, so this will be on top of it 12 billion. but it is not a solution. it is just a temporary fix. >> dana: we will talk to rob portman, but you are saying if you are snipping on my heels all the time, i cannot make a good deal, so calm down. we will see how come they can be. thank you so much paid we will talk about trade on the other side of the break and secretary of state pompeo about to testify, the foreign committee on russia, north korea and iran, rob portman, a former u.s. trade representative will join me liv live. ♪ i don't keep track of regrets. and i don't add up the years. but what i do count on is boost®. delicious boost® high protein nuritional drink now has 33% more protein, along with 26 essential vit

that letter is endorsed by the american farm bureau federation and national cattle man's association. this amendment is endorsed by the american exploration and mining association, american encore, amigo oost, the competitive institute, the arizona farm bureau, the arizona pork council, concerned citizens, eagle. rim country rod and guns, and others. smith amongst i thank the chairman for their good vote. i urge a yes vote. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. grijalva: i rise in opposition to the amendment. i rise in opposition to this amendment that seeks to eliminate the monument which is in my district. the fact it is in my district it is secondary to the callous disregard to the public input to the wishes of the people of southern arizona, the history of the area and the biodiversity that this amendment attacks. this repeals the monument returning the lands back to multiple use status and opening them up for mining and other harmful activities. the sponsor of the legislation says it is necessary to restore access for recreational shooting and generate revenue which is

i rise today to commend and note nevada county farm bureau in my district celebrating their 100th anniversary helping ranchers not like in the flatland but nestled in the foothills. different crops rpgs tree crops, ven the helpful of forestry. they they have been hell pping their folks and just a better way to do things in the commune. with that, we appreciate their leadership and all their memberships and help meet the farming strong and nevada farm bureau and helping their members. condepraltlations. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? >> address the house for one minute. > i would like to share an >> i would like to read this article, and i quote, people who thought roosevelt gave away too much in world war ii might want to reconsider. compared to the pathetic bootlicking by trump in russia this week, roosevelt had his a stalin.ng against people who backed president trump and are trying to get away. when an american president openly sides with a k.g.b. agent, thug, excuse me, against our own country, these politi

there was a bill that was moving very quickly through the legislature to adopt a sort of iowa style farm bureau top of proposal. what was interesting was the coalition that came up to try to kill the bill. out of concern that there would be a number of folks that would be subsidized population that would be harmed with pre- existing conditions. and they were successful. i think there is -- particular on the advocacy site, there's been so much focus on medicaid advantage, on medicaid expansion, i'm sorry. that they have been they've been slower to move to these private insurance issues. but there start to step up to the plate. north carolina is a great example of that. >> any other panelists have sort of a state highlight specific story? >> yes, the state came to mind when alice was asking about rural areas in the last panel. that is really where the aca individual market has struggled. that's how to attract insurers into the markets and when we were looking at bexar county, last year it is almost always a rural county, at the risk of having not having an insurer. i don't know if any state has c

as president of the arkansas farm bureau recently said, we're getting to a point where it's going to be difficult far farmer to make a profit. with prices down and an increase in prices for virtually everything else. i see in it lumber. union pacific hauls lumber from western canada down into locations throughout the u.s. the tariffs on canadian lumber, which were enacted last year, are driving up prices and hurting american business an american consumers. lumber tariffs have added to the cost of living and housing in the u.s. at a time when housing is already difficult to afford. the cost of 1,000 board feet of lumber from western canada is up nearly 80% over the last 12 month, about 40% of that has happened this year alone. the record-high lumber prices have added nearly $9,000 to a single family home, according to the national home builders association. those are just a few anecdotal examples. they are hardly the only warning signs. studies show tariffs will hurt u.s. jobs. according to the study of trade partnership worldwide, for every steel or alum numb job protected by a tarif

visited with a number of hoosier farmers, groups like indiana corn and soy bean alliance and indiana farm bureau to hear growing concerns with falling commodity prices and uncertain trade policies which are already harming hoosier farmers in rural communities. let me tell you a conversation i had last friday. it was with a businessman that's also a farmer. and he's telling me he just bought 140 acres from another farmer he said joe, i told the farmer i don't want to buy this from you right now because i know you're struggling and i know you don't want to sell this. and i don't want to take advantage of you and the farmer who is selling said if i don't sell this, i could start losing everything else, so you're actually helping me out this is where our rural economy is going right now i've also heard from local businesses dealing with cancelled orders because of the tariffs. price of soybeans, ten year low, due largely to chinese tariffs on u.s. exports. this current policy, what i worry about is that it already damaged foreign export markets that took decades and decades to build. so what i'm ask

visited with hoosier farmers and groups like the indiana corn and soybean alliance and the indiana farm bureau to hear growing concerns with falling commodity prices in uncertain trade policies, which are already harming hoosier farmers and rural communities. let me tell you a conversation i had last friday. it was with a businessman who is also a farmer and he is telling me about he just bought 140 acres from another farmer, and ,e said, joe, i told the farmer i do not want to buy this from you right now because i know you are struggling, and then are you do not want to sell to us, and i do not want to take advantage of you, and the farmer who is selling said if i don't sell this, i could start losing everything else, so you are actually helping me out. where our rural economy is going right now. i have also heard from local businesses dealing with canceled orders because of tariffs. price of soybeans is a 10 year low. due largely to the chinese tariffs on u.s. exports. this current policy, what i worry about, is it has already damaged foreign export markets that took decades to build, so wha

also the vice president of indiana farm bureau and board of directors for the american soybean associationf what he speaks. thank you very much for being here. the $12 billion, how does that go over with you? >> obviously we appreciate the president having our backs as farmers and he said that he would do that as this trade issue has continued on. he said he would be supportive of us and while we appreciate that, obviously we would just like to have a deal done would be what we would really like to see done in the long run. >> martha: what kind of deal? you want to see nafta, tpp put back on the table? >> obviously nafta is what needs to happen first. nafta is very important to the agriculture economy. it not only indiana, but all farmers in the united states. there are both of those, top five trading partners for the united states. a lot of corn, a lot of soybeans, a lot of meat products are exported to both of those countries and i think what we are being told is that would be the model. so we would like to see nafta done so we can continue to see trade agreements with other countries. t

there was a bill that was moving very quickly through the legislature to adopt a sort of iowa style farm bureau type of proposal. and what was interesting there was the coalition that really came up to try to kill that bill out of concern that, in fact, while, you know, there would be a number of folks with pre-existing conditions in the subsidized population that would be harmed by that. and they were successful. there is so much focus on medicaid expansion that there have been a little slower to move to some of the private insurance issues. but they are starting to step up to the plate in north carolina is a great example of that. >> thank you. any of our other panelists have sort of state highlights, specific stories you want to -- >> yeah. this state came to mind when alice is asking about rural areas and the last panel. i think that's really where the aca individual market struggled is how to attractto act -- attract insurers into the market. when we were looking at bare counties it was that rural counties at risk of having no insurer. i don't know if any state has come up with a good solu

. >> i've talked to soybean producers today, i've talked to representatives of the american farm bureausame thing. we're supportive of the president, we get that we don't have really good trade deals out there, but it's gotten a lot worse in the last couple of months. so what's the plan? where are we going with this? we need to know as well because time is running out for us and it's going to hurt our pocketbooks if we don't get something done. that's the message we're trying to send. they ask us, so why don't you go in and tell the president that? i say i think sometimes the president listens a whole lot more to the folks back home than they do to those of us in congress. so what they need to do is share and continue to share their concerns and ask that the white house and the administration remember that the actions they're taking now are having real consequences on real americans who want to be supportive of this administration. >> senator mike rounds, republican from south dakota, sounding an alarm. we'll see if the folks in the west wing hear you. thanks for coming on and sharing y

different space agencies around the world looking in one direction, i did a trip to israel and the farm bureau airshow where all the different space agencies were represented and met with a whole host of them one-on-one and then of course in groups as well. and it was astonishing to me how a lot of them were saying tell us what you need. we are ready to go and we will get the government behind it tell us where you are and i was expecting to have to do a hard so. we know what we've been able to achievachieve and asked if theyt to be targeted in the future. speaking of what we've been able to achieve in the past, sean off course was at the helm of the time when the international space station was at risk of being canceled if i want to be clear there was a research poll that came out and one of the questions was was the international space station a good investment for the united states of america. that was the question. over a p.% of the respondents said yes the international space station was a good investment for the united states of america. i come from the political realm. you don't get 80%

different space agencies around the world looking in one direction, i did a trip to israel and the farm bureauow where all the different space agencies were represented and met with a whole host of them one-on-one and then of course in groups as well. and it was astonishing to me how a lot of them were saying tell us what you need. we are ready to go and we will get the government behind it tell us where you are and i was expecting to have to do a hard so. we know what we've been able to achievachieve and asked if theyt to be targeted in the future. speaking of what we've been able to achieve in the past, sean off course was at the helm of the time when the international space station was at risk of being canceled if i want to be clear there was a research poll that came out and one of the questions was was the international space station a good investment for the united states of america. that was the question. over a p.% of the respondents said yes the international space station was a good investment for the united states of america. i come from the political realm. you don't get 80% of peo

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