farmers union. the nationalfarmers union is the national federation of state farmers' unions, which protect and enhance is the economic well-being and quality of life for family farmers, ranchers, and their communities. by developing cooperative buying and selling among those businesses. we look forward to your testimony. >> i am honored, chairman, and also honored to be in front of a distinct community. i would say i really in tall corn right now, and i think you for your time. my name is doug peterson. i come from western minnesota, a third-generation farmer. i am president of the minnesota farmers union, 11,000 members. also secretary of the national farmers union. i served in minnesota's legislature for six terms, undefeated, was elected to the minnesota farmers union presidency, which i have done for 10 years. i'm a licensed and bonded parks near, so i will try to talk faster for you. -- and bonded auctioneer, so i will try to talk faster for you. we are made up of 2000 family farmers, and we have an active

representing the national farmers union. doug peterson is the secretary of the national farmers union board and he is the president of the minnesota farmers union. national farmers union is a national federation of state farmers unions which protect and enhances the economic well being and quality of life for family farmers and ranchers and their communities by promoting legislation and educational beneficial to farmers and by developing cooperative buying and selling methods for these businesses. we're very happy to have you here and we look forward to your testimony sir. >> i'm honored chairman and also honored to be in front of an esteemed committee. i just want to thank you for your time and allowing me to be in front of you for national farmers union. my name is doug peterson. i come from western minnesota first generation farmers. we have 11,000 members also secretary of the national farmers union. i served in minnesota's legislature for six terms undefeated and elected to the minnesota farmers union presidency which i'

representing the national farmers union. doug peterson is the secretary of the national farmers union board and he is the president of the minnesota farmers union. national farmers union is a national federation of state farmers unions which protect and enhances the economic well being and quality of life for family farmers and ranchers and their communities by promoting legislation and educational beneficial to farmers and by developing cooperative buying and selling methods for these businesses. we're very happy to have you here and we look forward to your testimony sir. >> i'm honored chairman and also honored to be in front of an esteemed committee. i just want to thank you for your time and allowing me to be in front of you for national farmers union. my name is doug peterson. i come from western minnesota first generation farmers. we have 11,000 members also secretary of the national farmers union. i served in minnesota's legislature for six terms undefeated and elected to the minnesota farmers union presidency which i'

those organizations are among them, the american farm bureau federation, the national corn growers association, the national farmers union, the national milk producers association, united fresh produce, and western growers. to mention but a few. now, member, we have a chance to take a stand. are you for regular order or for political messaging. are you for doing our work or kicking the can down the road? should we take up a comprehensive farm bill before the september 30 or add this to the growing list of unfinished business to be considered in a lame duck session? i hope not. all in all the motion to recommit makes important fixes in the underlying bill, making it consistent with current law regarding the treatment of foreign corporations and protections against duplicative payments. otherwise known as double dipping. it puts the house on record that we need, we need to consider a five-year farm bill before the current one expires on september 30. i urge my colleagues to support the motion to recommit. traditionally the farm bill is one of the most bipartisan pieces of legislation that we act on. the bipartisan support

we were happy to hear from the national farmers union spokesperson yesterday. we're happy to have you here today. are there questions from the committee? thank you, and especially thank you for mentioning the importance of these smaller post offices. we think that is critically important. thank you. our next presenter is merck -- melissa spencer. melissa is the president of the day maureen education -- the morgan education association. she is a science teacher at the high school in des moines. we appreciate you have come to speak with us. >> good afternoon. thank you very much for the opportunity to speak. i'm a high-school science teacher from iowa. i'm here to speak about the increased resources and support for school reform that we have experienced in des moines i have taught there for 10 years. the success comes to a grant received in the department of education. two years ago, it was a persistently low-achieving school. we were the lowest-performing high school in iowa. our demographics a similar to many urban schools. 25% of students qualify for english-la

the national credit union ministration has launched many credit unions. the department of transportation is working with truck drivers to provide supplies to farmers and ranchers. and their connecting even more eligible farmers, ranchers, and businesses. host: the president at the white house yesterday. before congress left for its break in august, it was considering the farm bill, which did not go anywhere. the emergency relief package did not pass. the white house announced -- we are talking about this year's extreme weather and asking is if climate change? we would like to hear what you think. post on facebook and send us a tweet. one tweet -- next up is a call from south carolina. caller: good morning. host: your contribution to our discussion? caller: it is global warming. there was a scientist who did a study on this in and he concurred that it is definitely caused by exhausted from human beings. it was funded by the koch brothers. bumphis he is way be wolow norm. people think this is a one time thing, but they are totally wrong. the ocean has raised 3 feet above normal. it will continue on. if we do not do something about this soon, there will be a poin

the rural communities are providing you with good, clean, safe food. >> tim velde, thank you for your testimony. we were happy to hear from a national farmers' union spokesperson yesterday and to have you here today. are there questions? thank you, and especially for my team the importance of smaller post offices. we think that is critically important. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> our next presenter is melissa spencer, the president of the des moines education association and a science teacher at the north high-school here in the morning. melissa, we love teachers, and we appreciate the you have come to speak with us. >> thank you. thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. i'm a high school science teacher. i'm here to speak about the increased resources and school reform we have experienced. i have taught there for the last 10 years, and the success is due to the school improvement grant is what i am going to talk about. two years ago, the north was designated as a persistently low-achieving school because we will the lowest-performing with standard test scores. the district is similar to urban schools. 25% of our students qua

the rural communities are providing you with good, clean, safe food. >> tim velde, thank you for your testimony. we were happy to hear from a national farmers' union spokesperson yesterday and to have you here today. are there questions? thank you, and especially for my team the importance of smaller post offices. we think that is critically important. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> our next presenter is melissa spencer, the president of the des moines education association and a science teacher at the north high-school here in the morning. -- des moines. melissa, we love teachers, and we appreciate the you have come to speak with us. >> thank you. thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. i'm a high school science teacher. i'm here to speak about the increased resources and school reform we have experienced. i have taught there for the last 10 years, and the success is due to the school improvement grant is what i am going to talk about. two years ago, the north was designated as a persistently low-achieving school because we will the lowest-performing with standard test scores. the district is similar to urban schools. 25% of o