representative marcia fudge of ohio delivered the democratic weekly address. she gave her reaction to the u.s. house rejecting the fm

think marcia fudge from ohio i think tim ryan from ohio. ohio has great people in our caucus. i think they will do well. cedric richmond, who chairs the congressional black caucus, from louisiana. ese are people who i think will do well into the future. hakeem jeffries up in new york. we can't be a california-new believe , but i do people like joe crowley from new york, hakeem jeffries from new york, just great people who have an opportunity to do well into the future. mike: so you mentioned joe crowley a couple times. of course we have chuck shumer, top democrat in the house. if joe crowley was ever to be head of the democrats in the house and schumer ahead in the senate, can we have two guys from queens? i am from new york. can we have two guys from queens running the democratic party in the house and senate? mr. clyburn: we have a lot of good people in pennsylvania and -- mike: that's tongue and cheek. people are giving me a hard time from the audience. mr. clyburn: we are talking about legislative and political skills rather than the regions they may come from. if we can g

substantively the same as a bipartisan bill i introduced earlier this year with representative marcia fudge. if included in the farm bill, my amendment would have the usda measure, evaluate, and report on various conservation programs across the nation. . this information is necessary to help define and justify taxpayer return on conservation investment programs. right now the usda can provide information on the impact of conservation programs in terms of contracts and acres but they lack the ability to provide the impact of these programs on important resource concerns. by ensuring the usda has all the tools necessary to collect this information, we can better protect and preserve these programs into the future. e usda's voluntary conservation programs are helping farmers make investments into natural resources while also increasing farm product iity. this will ensure they can continue to improve existing practices while supporting our nation's farmers. mr. chairman, we'll also seek in response to concerns raised by the farm pew row in concerns to further refine the privacy ovisions relati

i think marcia fudge from ohio. i think tim ryan from ohio, george bailey. ohio's got some great people in our caucus and i think they'll do well. cedric richmond who chairs the congressional black caucus from louisiana, these are people who i think will do well into the future. jeffries up in new york. we can't be a california/new york party, but i do believe that people like joe crowley from new york and others are just great people who have an opportunity to do well into the future. >> so you mentioned joe crowley a couple of times. of course we have chuck schumer as the top democrat in the house. if joe crowley was ever to be the head of the democrats in the house and schumer ahead of him in the senate, can we really have two guys from queens? i'm from new jersey so can we really have two guys from queens running the democratic party in the house and senate? >> we have some good people coming from pennsylvania -- >> that's tongue in cheek. >> i know, i know. >> some other people in queens giving me a hard time from the audience now. >> i think we're talk

. >> marcia fudge, you are recognized. >> thank you secretary. it is a pleasure to meet you. let me clear up something that my colleague just said. about pell grants. they probably are going up but it is alternative facts. they are going up because we are allowing pell to be used for more low performing programs just like the fraudulent for-profit schools that your department defense. that is the reason they are going up. and madam secretary, the truman is probably collect that education is not mentioned anywhere in the constitution. but in fact, it is mentioned in the law. the very same law that you are sworn to uphold and defend. just as you are charged to ensure equal access to a quality education for all children could not some children, all children. including public school children. including english language learners. including idea students. further, your charged to ensure that all schools be held to the same standards of accountability. now, i am concerned about the low performance of your civil rights office. could you please state for me the mission of the civil ri

hi, i'mge: congresswoman marcia fudge. i represent ohio's 11th district. i am honored to give this week's democratic address. to address an issue that will impact americans in communities large and small. i had the privilege of representing northeast ohio on the house agriculture committee. i serve as the ranking member of the subcommittee on conservation . house has know, the rejected the committee's hallmark legislation, the farm bill just today. my fellow democrats and fight unanimously opposed this bill and we have spoken about it passionately, both in washington and in our communities for months. we have received a lot of questions. we hear a great many concerns from farmers, community advocates, and a broad range of stakeholders impacted by our nation's food and farm policy spirit we project this farmville. we demand more for our farmers and are rural and urban communities and our nations have great. we can do so much more for them. we will not settle for a bill that under delivers on all levels. it is a congressional failure. we project this farm bi

representative marcia fudge of ohio delivered the democratic weekly address. she gave her reaction to the u.s. house rejecting the farm bill on friday by vote of 198-to 13. five: i amive -- marciaman martha fudge. i'm honored to give

representative marcia fudge of ohio delivered the democratic weekly address. she gave her reaction to the u.s. house rejecting the farm bill on friday by vote of 198-to 13. five: i amive -- marciaman martha fudge. i'm honored to give this week's democratic address, to address an issue that will impact americans and communities large and small. i have the privilege of onresenting northeast ohio the house agriculture committee, where i serve as the ranking member of the subcommittee on conservation and forest rate. erstry.for the house has rejected the farm bill today. my fellow democrats and died unanimously opposed to this bill and spoke about it passionately, both in washington and in our communities for months. we received a lot of good questions. we hear a great many concerns from farmers, community advocates, and the broad range of stakeholders impacted by our nation's food and farm policy. we reject this farm bill. we demand more for our farmers, for our rural and urban communities, and for our nations hundred. we can do so much more for them. we will not