vartaus investment is a client of good year, hayward and peterson associates. [inaudible] contributed over $500 to the trip. the exact amount is undisclose said. richard peterson contributesed $500 to the trip. the amount undisclosed and was able to acomany ed lee on the trip for 5 years. less than one month after the twip november 2013 vartaus investment picked up property said in san francisco for $100 million with intents of making improvements to furkter enhance the appeal to residents and tenants. in 20 freen richard peterson assisted vartaus investment with permit and community related opportunities. the following year richard peterson bundled [inaudible] for ed lee 2015 campaign. thank you. >> [inaudible] for lacking a voice. thank you all for your attention to detail in this matter, we rely appreciate all the efforts of the staff. i feel very productive and think it is important we get this right so it means something if it goes to the ballot. i like to bring to your attention san francisco residents support this measure. prop c passed with flying color

vartaus investment is a client of good year, hayward and peterson associates. [inaudible] contributed over $500 to the trip. the exact amount is undisclose said. richard peterson contributesed $500 to the trip. the amount undisclosed and was able to acomany ed lee on the trip for 5 years. less than one month after the twip november 2013 vartaus investment picked up property said in san francisco for $100 million with intents of making improvements to furkter enhance the appeal to residents and tenants. in 20 freen richard peterson assisted vartaus investment with permit and community related opportunities. the following year richard peterson bundled [inaudible] for ed lee 2015 campaign. thank you. >> [inaudible] for lacking a voice. thank you all for your attention to detail in this matter, we rely appreciate all the efforts of the staff. i feel very productive and think it is important we get this right so it means something if it goes to the ballot. i like to bring to your attention san francisco residents support this measure. prop c passed with flying color

vartaus investment is a client of good year, hayward and peterson associates. [inaudible] contributed over $500 to the trip. the exact amount is undisclose said. richard peterson contributesed $500 to the trip. the amount undisclosed and was able to acomany ed lee on the trip for 5 years. less than one month after the twip november 2013 vartaus investment picked up property said in san francisco for $100 million with intents of making improvements to furkter enhance the appeal to residents and tenants. in 20 freen richard peterson assisted vartaus investment with permit and community related opportunities. the following year richard peterson bundled [inaudible] for ed lee 2015 campaign. thank you. >> [inaudible] for lacking a voice. thank you all for your attention to detail in this matter, we rely appreciate all the efforts of the staff. i feel very productive and think it is important we get this right so it means something if it goes to the ballot. i like to bring to your attention san francisco residents support this measure. prop c passed with flying color

vartaus investment is a client of good year, hayward and peterson associates. [inaudible] contributed over $500 to the trip. the exact amount is undisclose said. richard peterson contributesed $500 to the trip. the amount undisclosed and was able to acomany ed lee on the trip for 5 years. less than one month after the twip november 2013 vartaus investment picked up property said in san francisco for $100 million with intents of making improvements to furkter enhance the appeal to residents and tenants. in 20 freen richard peterson assisted vartaus investment with permit and community related opportunities. the following year richard peterson bundled [inaudible] for ed lee 2015 campaign. thank you. >> [inaudible] for lacking a voice. thank you all for your attention to detail in this matter, we rely appreciate all the efforts of the staff. i feel very productive and think it is important we get this right so it means something if it goes to the ballot. i like to bring to your attention san francisco residents support this measure. prop c passed with flying color

vartaus investment is a client of good year, hayward and peterson associates. [inaudible] contributed over $500 to the trip. the exact amount is undisclose said. richard peterson contributesed $500 to the trip. the amount undisclosed and was able to acomany ed lee on the trip for 5 years. less than one month after the twip november 2013 vartaus investment picked up property said in san francisco for $100 million with intents of making improvements to furkter enhance the appeal to residents and tenants. in 20 freen richard peterson assisted vartaus investment with permit and community related opportunities. the following year richard peterson bundled [inaudible] for ed lee 2015 campaign. thank you. >> [inaudible] for lacking a voice. thank you all for your attention to detail in this matter, we rely appreciate all the efforts of the staff. i feel very productive and think it is important we get this right so it means something if it goes to the ballot. i like to bring to your attention san francisco residents support this measure. prop c passed with flying color

austin peterson is owner and ceo of stonegate, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. he was an associate producer of freedom watch. finally, dr. mark alan feldman. [applause] larry: dr. feldman graduated from northwestern with a degree in philosophy. he is an anesthesiologist and practiced at john hopkins for 11 years. i want to welcome you all. these are the 2016 libertarian presidential candidates. [applause] [crowd chanting] larry: contain your enthusiasm. we are going to have each candidate given opening statement for 30 seconds. each will have 30 seconds to answer if he invokes the name of another candidate that candidate will have a 30 second rebuttal. there will be a 60 second close. the first category is the economy. the second will be foreign policy. the third will be social issues, and the fourth will be liberty. i have two general questions i would like to begin with. mr. mcafee. for people who are watching a libertarian party debate for the first time and have no clue what a libertarian is, please tell us what is a libertarian. what is the difference between a libertarian and

austin peterson is owner and ceo of stonegate, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. he was an associate producer of freedom watch. finally, dr. mark alan friedman -- feldman. [applause] larry: dr. feldman graduated from northwestern with a degree in philosophy. he is an anesthesiologist and practiced at john hopkins for 11 years. i want to welcome you all. these are the 2016 libertarian presidential candidates. [applause] [crowd chanting] larry: contain your enthusiasm. we are going to have each candidate given opening statement for 30 seconds. each will have 30 seconds to answer if he invokes the name of another candidate that candidate will have a 32nd rebuttal. there will be a 62nd close. -- 60 second close. the first category is the economy. i have two general questions i would like to begin with. mr. mcafee. watching awho are libertarian party debate for the first time and have no clue what a libertarian is, please tell us what is a libertarian. what is the difference between a libertarian and a conservative? >> is this part of my opening statement? larry: all right. you have 30 se

austin peterson, a very different kind of candidate just looking at you i can see you're quite a polished individual, from missouri, son of landown s landowners, former play write, been associatednews before. tell us about your background, what libertarianism means to you. >> i grew up in missouri on a horse farm. i was raised to respect the second amendment. i was raised to believe in the constitution and to love my country. and i'm running for president of the united states because i deeply believe in economic freedom and personal liberty. and what i really want to do is make the theme of my campaign that i want a government that is small enough to fit inside the confines of the constitution. i would like to restore checks and balances to the executive branch and constitutional rights. basically the idea is that you should be able to do -- >> hold on one second. we just lost john mcafee for some reason. what's going on, john? >> i'm apparently speaking right now. >> he's giving a speech. thank you very much. good luck tonight. we'll check in with you tomorrow. glad your legal troubles have been -- >> be right up there, john. >> austin, who do you think you're going to take mo

peterson institute. i want to return to the longer run themes of your remarks and the observation that we're seeing longer potential output growth that's probably been associated with a decline in either the equilibrium or natural rate of interest. i think given that, the implication that we're going to be running in the low nominal interest rate environment for quite some time if that's going to persist, is it time for a more serious reconsideration of the 2% inflation objective? >> i think in theory and in -- you know, that is a logical margin upon which to adjust. it's not at all something that we're considering at this time, and i frankly think that, you know, jerry yellin took that question on in great detail, dave you may remember in a speech i want to say late last year about inflation dynamics and came down strongly that you know when you embrace an inflation target and expectations get deeply anchored as they clearly are now the costs of trying to move that are uncertain and potentially high. so it's not something that i would be look at doing in the near term. >> it's interesting. when i got to co-author with bernanke and -- a book on bank targeting

james peterson, certainly one of the most brilliant, as i said earlier, younger scholars in america on hip-hop and on literary production. he's the director of africana studies and associate professor of english at lehigh university. you see him on msnbc throwing it down, you know, wrestling with these people, taking the switch to bears and beating 'em. and he's the founder of hip-hop scholars, an association of hip-hop generational scholars dedicated to researching and developing the cultural and educational potential of hip-hop, urban and youth cultures. he's also been a journalist, you've read many of his essays many magazines and in -- in magazines and in newspapers where he's trying to articulate ideas that are of interest to the broader public. he's written about the underground as we've already indicated. also, his book that will be published soon about, you know, headphones, and then his book on the prison industrial complex. but, you know, a gifted and wonderful scholar, all of them, of course, are. and we're going to have a wonderful and rich conversation. i want to start with dr. morgan. you know, some people think that hip-hop archive is an oxymoronic statemen

peterson institu institute. i want to return to the longer run themes of your remarks and the observation that we're seeing longer potential output growth that's probably been associated with a decline in either the equilibrium or natural rate of interest. i think given that, the implication that we're going to be running in the low nominal interest rate environment for quite some time if that's going to persist, is it time for a more serious reconsideration of the 2% inflation objective? >> i think in theory and in -- you know, that is a logical margin upon which to adjust. it's not at all something that we're considering at this time, and i frankly think that, you know, jerry yellin took that question on in great detail, dave you may remember in a speech i want to say late last year about inflation dynamics and came down strongly that you know when you embrace an inflation target and expectations get deeply anchored as they clearly are now the costs of trying to move that are uncertain and potentially high. so it's not something that i would be look at doing in the near term. >> it's interesting. when i got to co-author with bernanke and -- a book on bank targeting

peterson and members of the committee, thank you for giving me the opportunity to participate this morning on this important issue. my name is megan. i'm a senior director of sustainability for the grocery manufacturers association representing the food, beverage, and consumer products industry. today, i'm speaking on behalf of the food waste redirection alliance, an initiative of 30 leading companies formed in 2011 by gma, the food marketing institute and the national restaurant association. we commend you for holding this hearing. i'll make four key points today. first, we know that food waste is a very real problem and we have a national goal of having it by 2030. everyone has a role to play to get there. second, the food industry has already stepped forward and made considerable progress. we bring together manufacturers, retailers, and food service companies around three goals. reduce food waste generated, increase food donated, and recycle unavoidable food waste. gma's members have been working hard to minimize waste as well. in 2014, our companies recycled nearly 94% of the food waste from manufacturing. and in 2015, donated over 800 million pounds of food. third, we know that more needs to be done, and ou

association. i want to thank chairman shuster for his leadership on the transportation infrastructure committee as well as chairman conaway and ranking member of the ag committee and ranking member peterson for their leadership on this important public health issues. this is a responsible commonsense bill that will help insure public health officials aren't fighting zika with their hands tied behind their back. i urge all members to support h.r. 8967. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. defazio: i yield myself such time as i may consume. groundhog day came a month earlier in this congress. that's how i describe this bill two years ago, july. because this is the third time that we have considered this bill. now, we must admit the rationale changed. last week it was named the zika control act. before that it was the regulatory burden removal act. so the first time it was considered it was h.r. 1749, that was 109th congress defeated. that was for wes nile. whoops. then h.r. 872, last congress, reducing the regulation burdens act, at the request of the american farm bureau because of the huge burden.