i'd like to thank chairman mike conway and ranking member colin peterson for their commitment to passing this bill in 2018. this congress i proudly chaired the nutrition subcommittee. the house bill included provisions to give many americans the skills needed to obtain a family-sustaining job. while this conference report is a compromise, it does include significant incremental victories that will improve the integrity of the supplemental nutrition assistance program, or snap, so it will be a more effective for those who truly need it. the nutrition subcommittee hosted 21 hearings on snap and heard from more than 80 witnesses on how to improve the program and work towards the only goal of ending hunger in america. mr. speaker, make no mistake. the 2018 farm bill makes real improvements to our nation's largest anti-hunger program. these provisions will only further enhance the program so it will be there for the most vulnerable among us, the truly needy. now, i'm hopeful we can continue this conversation and soon revisit numerous provisions from the house farm bill's nutrition title. spec

the chairman of the house and senate agricultural committee, mike conway, and senator pat roberts, who'ser one i was really, was very inspiring to work very hard to get it done for these two guys because it meant so much to them. i want to thank you. thank you, mike. [ applause ] great job. great job. we're honored to be with state, local and tribal leaders of the american agriculture along with zippy and all of the people, some of whom i introduced. one i have to introduce that has done such an incredible job, truly loves agriculture and perhaps more importantly, loves the farmers and the ranchers, is our secretary of agriculture, sonny perdue. special, special man. and you know -- liz: before even putting pen to paper, president trump immediately brings up the battle behind closed doors right now on capitol hill, funding for the border wall in order to stave off tomorrow night's government shutdown. he just gave congress a possible out. instead of calling it a wall, could we at least show part of us here? we have charlie and me. thank you very much. the markets are falling 564 points.

conway, arkansas, it's the garrett family. [cheering] you ready for the "feud"? let's go. give me mike. give me dante.y feud" theme plays] all right, guys, we got the top 8 answers on the board. it's bad when you have ants in your pants, but it would be worse if you had what bug in-- mike: crabs. steve: crab-- [laughter and applause] well, crabs. oh, well, let me finish. it's bad when you have ants in your pants, but it would be worse if you had what bug in your pants? dante: roaches. steve: roaches. garretts: play! play! play! dante: we're gonna play, steve. steve: they're gonna play. let's go. [crowd cheers] steve: ms. shawnte, it's bad when you got ants in your pants, but it would be

mike flynn. the president started the week with some of his most vicious and overheated attacks on the mueller probe. attacks that many people including kellyanne conway's own husband think cross the line into witness tampering and obstruction of justice. any reporting for this afternoon about how they're preparing for this latest mueller move? >> well, nicolle, i think the white house is just waiting for this report to be filed. we're not sure how much detail is going to be in there from the special counsel, but we're expecting to get a window into the extent of flynn's cooperation. for example, did flynn have any conversations with the president pertaining to his discussions with the russian ambassador, to his discussions about administration policy, future administration policy, on sanctions? we're not really sure, but that's one of the many topics that we think, we hope, could be discussed in that report when it's filed, perhaps later today. and i think the white house is waiting -- waiting to see that and waiting to see the reaction and the president, i'm sure, will let us all know in due time what he thinks about it all. >> matt miller, we've spen

and also ranking mentor to be stepping out from michigan and on the house side house agriculture mike conway of texas and ranking member collin peterson of minnesota. before them essentially did many closed-door meetings to work out the details with her staff. this was over a series of months. the house had unveiled its original plan way back in april, so this has been an 8- month assets. but the farm bill did expire on october 1, so the pressure is on to get it done before the end of the year. >> one of those contraries for the farm bill was the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. and he tweeted this just before the 87-13 passage in the senate, making it official with my hemp pen, proud to have served as a contrary on the farm bill and the fight for kentucky priorities with today's significance. explain that to us and why it has been such a priority for mitch mcconnell.