conaway: there's no inactivity with respect to the sugar industry. she couldn't be more wrong or more disrespectful of them. her amendment would not save the taxpayer one dime. 15 out of the last 16 years the sugar program has not worked. if we were to remove it under title 1 to treat treat it the way other commodities were treated, it would cost billions of taxpayer dollars. this will not save the consumer one penny. these large sugar users, of whom i am a great customer, they buy the car load, when the price of sugar dropped to half of what it should have been as a result of mexico cheating on the trade deal, they did not share that profit with anybody. and quite frankly, if sugar was such a driving cost in the cost of all production and cost all the jobs that the gentlelady from mentioned -- the gentlelady mentioned, my diet soda would cost less than a sugar soda. oh, they don't. they cost exactly the same. they still give this product away in restaurants. so as we go about this issue, this is about protecting american jobs, american hardwork farme

speaker, i rise today in solidarity with the south texas sugar and in opposition to the foxx-davis amendment. e are proud of our sugar industry. this levels the level playing field in the world of the sugar market. it works. sugar growers can attest to that and no cost to taxpayers for 14 of the last 15 years. i ask everyone to vote no. the chair: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlelady from north carolina is recognized. ms. foxx: can i make a parliamentary inquiry? do i have the right to close or does the gentleman from texas have the right to close? the chair: the gentleman from texas has the right to close. ms. foxx: i ask the gentleman if he is prepared -- then i reserve. mr. conaway: i recognize mismccollum for 30 seconds. ms. mccollum: i rise in opposition to the foxx amendment. my home state of minnesota, sugar beet is number one. this means this will hurt our state's economy. it creates 28,000 jobs and annual impact of more than $3 billion. this amendment will cost minnesota so much more and hurt farmers, small businesses, schools, hospitals, real lives of real people. we should be supporting the american fa

the u.s. dairy industry over the last two or three decades, from being an industry that had needed protection, not unlike sugar. now we are a major exporter of very products to the rest of the world because an industry that hastransformed itself and done that by dragging policy along with it. much of what washington has done specific to dairy policy has gotten in the way of that. the industry has not only transformed itself, it transformed itself against the odds given the policy that they have faced. this is not just the farmers, it is also the processing industry. like sugar, processing goes together with the dairy farm industry. closely thather so 80% of the milk and the u.s. is processed by farm co-ops. it is a remarkable linkage there. much of that productivity growth has happened in the mid-west and the east. it caught up with the west when it comes to production per cow and cost of production numbers. there has been a decline in the number of cows roughly flat. kaus goes up which means the dairy consumption is justg, it is not consumption in the u.s., not fluid milk consumption, that is partly due to po

the sugar industry has been struggling with the twin challenges of our growing obesity epidemic and increasinglyumers. 0ne indian start—up is looking to tackle that problem by growing a 100% natural sugar substitute on an industrials gale. i spoke to the co—founder and ceo. she says it isn't just spoke to the co—founder and ceo. she says it isn'tjust better for society, but the environment as well. it is a high-intensity sweetener which means the leaf itself is about 30 times sweeter than sugar. it also, as a crop, requires less water than many other crops including sugar cane. how are you able to convince the farmers to shift from what they are currently farming to stevia ? shift from what they are currently farming to stevia? bat is the biggest challenge we have had so far. the farmers have been calmed by so far. the farmers have been calmed by so many people, so we had to do a lot of work in terms of convincing them to give them the confidence we we re them to give them the confidence we were there to stay, we were not going to run away. that was the reason we started with our own farms. we b

coming up, the sugar industry heads for a shakeup. will talk to a sugar and ethanol manager for the company. we discuss it edge."rg's "commodities ♪ alix:alix: i am alix steel. this is bloomberg's "commodities edge." it is time for what you need to know in the world of alternative energy, solar stocks got a big boost as californians took a giant step, becoming the first state that requires all new homes have solar power. joining me now is bloomberg's new energy finance. walk me through what california did. >> the california energy commission has introduced a mandate requiring all new built homes and multifamily homes have solar installed from 2020. alix: that means there has to be a lot of supply. i thought you did not have a lot because it was too expensive, why is california different? >> there's plenty of solar, it has been the largest market. is its unusual about this has been forced into the marketplace regardless of economics and how much it makes sense or they will have solar by 2020. alix: we have a chart that shows increase fr

conaway: there's no inactivity with respect to the sugar industry. she couldn't be more wrong or more disrespectful of them. her amendment would not save the taxpayer one dime. 15 out of the last 16 years the sugar program has not worked. if we were to remove it under title 1 to treat treat it the way other commodities were treated, it would cost billions of taxpayer dollars. this will not save the consumer one penny. these large sugar users, of whom i am a great customer, they buy the car load, when the price of sugar dropped to half of what it should have been as a result of mexico cheating on the trade deal, they did not share that profit with anybody. and quite frankly, if sugar was such a driving cost in the cost of all production and cost all the jobs that the gentlelady from mentioned -- the gentlelady mentioned, my diet soda would cost less than a sugar soda. oh, they don't. they cost exactly the same. they still give this product away in restaurants. so as we go about this issue, this is about protecting american jobs, american hardwork farme

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and some republicans are upset over a proposal to change the way the government deals with the sugar industryght doug mcelwain tells us what is at stake. >> reporter: doctors say sugar is addictive to the human brain and apparent me to congress. they have been unable to resist their sweet tooth for sugar subsidies. helping farmers to adjustable droughts, sugar subsidies are what americans pay for sugar. virginia fox of north carolina hopes for amendment to the farm bill will reform sugar subsidies once and for all. >> this is a soviet style program and it doesn't comport with what americans believe in. >> reporter: this would modernize sugar subsidies by removing limits to the mystic production and implement another market reforms. every few years when it comes up for refill renewal, it inches closer to passage. this week it is closer than ever. >> last time we voted on the farm bill, only 7 votes it failed. >> the trouble is the farm bill is almost unanimously opposed by democrats not because of the fox amendment but republicans included a toughening of the work requirement for snap, the sup

now some republicans are upset over a proposal to change the way the government deals with the sugar industryt stake. >> doctors no sugar is addictive to the human brain and apparently took congress. for years, legislators have been unable to resist their sweet tooth for sugar subsidies. like other price supports that help farmers to the dust bowl droughts sugar subsidies artificially -- virginia foxx hopes the amendment will reform sugar subsidies. >> as my colleague has said, this is a soviet style program. it just doesn't comport with white americans believe in. >> her amendment would modernize sugar subsidies by remove it limits to subsidies. every five years when the farm bill comes up for renewal, reforming subsidies inches closer to passage. this week, it's closer than ever. >> the last time we voted on the farmville, it failed by basically only seven votes. >> the trouble is that the farmville is a most unanimously opposed by democrats not because of the amendment will because republicans have include work requirement for snap. a number of americans receiving snap benefits has balloon

the first successful prosecution of its kind in england. there's still too much sugar in our puddings, biscuits and chocolate bars. that's according to new figures, which show the food industrytarget set by the government. sugar levels were meant to be cut by 5% by last august. the target was set to help tackle the childhood obesity crisis. here's our health editor, hugh pym. the idea of the policy driven by public health officials was to get retailers and manufacturers of sugary products to cut sugar content over a four year period. well, we've already got the results from the first year. there was supposed to be a 5% reduction and it hasn't happened. but there's been varying performance across different categories. for example, with biscuits there was no reduction in sugar content over the year. but with puddings, there was actually an increase of i%. however, with ice—creams and lollies, there was a 2% cut in sugar content. and with fromage frais and yoghurts, there was a 6% reduction. now public health officials say it's early days, the companies should do better in the next few years, but critics, including anti—obesity campaigners, argue that with a voluntary programme

a lot of this funding is from corporations and associations of the sugar industry or the meatpackingindustry. have you any figures for how much of that funding is, shall we say, commercially funded as opposed to nsf type funding and how much of an influence is that on the overall quality of research? >> if you look globally at funding for biomedical research a lot of his research starts in the university but gets picked up for drug companies. if you look at what drug companies are doing to develop drugs they are going to sell, that is the biggest pool of money. the next is the nih funding, $37 billion a year. lots of associations and things like that, a minor share of total funding, and research at universities, if it is funded by drug companies and need to be mindful where funding comes from to make sure these are grants, research trying to expand knowledge and not trying to promote a particular product or whatever so we journalists think about where the money is coming from and a study in the new england journal of medicine. was affronted by drug company, important things to bear i

must do better, the food industry misses the government's target to reduce sugar in sweet foods to help tackle obesity. and the duke and duchess of sussex step out for their first public engagement as newly—weds. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news. could simon yates become the first briton to win the giro d'italia? he survived the tour's final time trial with a significant lead. good evening from albert square in manchester, where the crowds have now dispersed after tonight's concert, to mark the first anniversary of the bomb attack, which claimed 22 lives at the manchester arena. earlier today, the prime minister and the duke of cambridgejoined the families and friends of the victims, many survivors, and members of the emergency services, at a memorial service where they led a nationwide silence to honour the victims. one of the strongest themes of the day is the way this city came together in great adversity and showed remarkable spirit and courage. our special correspondent allan little reports on the day's events. singing. # amazing grace, how sweet the sound # amazing grace, ho

the international sugar organization, food manufacturers pay 10% less for sugar than other developed countries and sugar prices are among the lowest in the world and most importantly, the reason i rise is that the u.s. sugar industry provides good union jobs. without the current sugar policy, 145,000 american jobs are in jeopardy being outsourced. hank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. woodall: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the gentleman spoke about one of the amendments that is going to be offered and in total there are 52 different amendments that have been made in order both in the rule we did yesterday and this rule that i hope our colleagues will support. 51 different amendments proffered by members of this chamber to make this bill better. if we pass this rule today, we will be able to move to the underlying big for consideration of those amendments. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. gomp govern i thank the gentleman from georgia reminding us there were 51 amendments amendments were made in order but 54 were blocked. i yield one minute to the ge

the food industry has failed to meet a sugar reduction target set by the government, a report by publicund. retailers, manufacturers and restaurants were told to cut 5% of sugar by august 2017 in a bid to tackle the uk's childhood obesity crisis, and cut 20% of sugar from a range of products by 2020. let's cross to salford now and talk to our health correspondent dominic hughes. this is very embarrassing, isn't it? it doesn't look good, does it? the food industry was challenged, as you say, to make these reductions in a number of different groups of foods, particularly aimed at children in a bid to sort of try to tackle the growing epidemic of childhood obesity, and so these were looking at things like cereals, chocolate bars, things that are particularly popular with children, and it covered both manufactured goods, own brand goods in supermarkets and food thatis brand goods in supermarkets and food that is served in restaurants, cafes and the like. what it has found is that public health england has done a review of what has happened over the first year of this effort to try to reduce

there area top—down approach than because there are a lot of accusations that the food industry is just not meeting its sugarso some are arguing there needs to be government regulation here? are arguing there needs to be government regulation here ?m are arguing there needs to be government regulation here? if you remember, there was a long campaign to get to the sugar tax introduction stage. now that that has been done, campaigners are moving to the next age. that's hope that something is done because we all have far too much sugar, don't we?” done because we all have far too much sugar, don't we? i am as guilty as anybody‘s. much sugar, don't we? i am as guilty as anybody's. i would be interested to know, and that is something that we actually don't know, how well those graphic teachers work. if you actually smoke, i do not know whether it has put you off. thank you so much for taking us through those stories and thank you to you for watching the briefing. from me, samantha simmonds, and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello. the forecast for the bank holiday weekend is a somewhat messy one. yes, there'll b

brazil's sugar industry says that hundreds of mills in the south — producing almost all the country'seat producers say 70 million chickens have perished for lack of feed. the owner of pret a manger is set to sell the uk—based sandwich shop chain for $2 billion to jab holdings. that's according to a report in the financial times. the private investment group is taking on beverage giant nestle by rapidly acquiring companies linked to the coffee market. talking of coffee, every starbucks in the united states will be closed today so its 175,000 us employees can receive training in how to avoid racial bias. this follows the arrest last month of two black men in a branch, as they waited for a business meeting. that is pretty much it for business briefing this hour. before we go, let's have a quick look at the markets for you. i talked about the dowjones, closed last friday. that is half a call, no attention. the nikkei and the hang seng both down. the career situation is encouraging, the european, italian situation is not. sugar, crude up a little bit. that is the latest, you're right up to

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of the great challenges and we are determined that is stringent but we are also it isn't just about the industry but also with junkfood advertising and all the calories in food we have made the sugar reduction margate the drinks are reduced by 7% so this is why that shortly. >> i appreciate the comments from earlier last week when those regulations but yet that the and then to ensure that that never happens again. >> i think that deeply moving testimony that we have already heard from this week means we must learn everything we can and take the strongest possible action stopping that tragedy from ever happening again. those recommendations did not include high banning those multiple materials it is our legal duty to consult with necessary action. >> thank you mr. speaker indeed almost one year since the tragedy many of those are still living where they are worried around the country and more needs to be done more quickly. i agree with what the prime minister said and then to pay tribute to the pendulum that brought those communities together. that is the answer to the threats to bring that together. and with those pounds of services we were given to private companies how much toda

the sugar reduction target. sugar in drinks has been reduced by 11% and the average calories have been reduced by 6% in response to the soft drinks industry levy. but absolutely more needs to be done, which is why an updated plan is currently being worked up, and we will be in a position to say more on that shortly. >> i associate myself with the prime minister's earlier comments. indeed this week we have seen , the start of the grenfell inquiry, and last week dame judith hackitt reported that our building regulations are not fit for purpose, yet she did not specifically recommend a ban on inflammable cladding. can the prime minister confirm that, nevertheless, it is her clear intention to ban inflammable cladding and to ensure that another tragedy like grenfell never happens again? >> can i say to my honorable friend, i think the deeply moving testimonies we have already heard and will continue to hear this week from survivors and the bereaved leave absolutely no room for doubt. we must learn everything we can about what happened, and we must take the strongest possible action to stop such an unimaginable tragedy from ever happening agai

we have a0 years of the food industry not by luck using sort of the psychology of marketing to sell more sugarpt of fat is this and hundreds of other similar products. it is a sausage so it should have for ingredients, it had a9 and it is not much meat. metaphorically that is what we want the strategy to do. we want to get more realfood. should there be some controls on not so much how little discount you can get on your treats. i think we all love treats but would it be morally fair that fresh food has an equal playing field? finally, what about exercise and the importance of making that a key part of this? public figures like yourself supporting it and doing it, what about that? getting out and about and finding things out is what it is all about. the daily mile is a piece of genius and costs schools zero and if you look at incredible research that has been done in the last ten years about even ten or 15 minutes of brisk walking and how it affects education. i do not know about you, but i can be all right, i can be 80% most days unless i have a hangover but an extra 10—15%. and there's alway

the multinational industries. so prices will not go down. there are no tax dollars involved. this program worked. this program was not changed in 2014 because it works. it doesn't cost the taxpayers money. sugar prices are not distorted and the manufacturers will not support one instance where they lowered the cost of their product when sugar prices dropped as a result of unfair, unfair competition around this world. if we could talk the rest of the world of going to a level playing field, i would agree completely with my colleagues who support this amendment. we need to defeat this amendment and protect the mr. young: never mind. revise and extend. the chair: without objection. mr. young: mr. chairman, this is a simple amendment. it's a clinton era roadless rule that applies to one size fits all to the approach of areas where there are policies that rarely work. especially the federally locke lands in alaska. at 16.8 million acres, the tongass national forest is the largest in the nation. the roadless rule is nothing more than another effort to end the multiple use mandate of federal forest lands. something that's required by law but often ignored by nameless, faceless, unelected bureaucrats

the food industry is in a bathing to get people more what they want. food manufacturers are reformulated products to the fiber content and curb the amount of sodium and sugar. sometime innovation is used to make foods more convenient such as yogurt package with fruit and nuts or protein drinks. sometimes it's pervert preserving taste take salt. food scientist can make salt crystals taste saltier to some food applications by changing the shape to increase the surface area. or take sugar shifting some to the outside of the cereal instead of being uniformly distributed throughout. a lower the amount of sugar without changing the taste. some are using labor boosters to enhance the sweetness. consumer demands have spurred companies to change labels. labels being developed with more information about the food where it came from and how it was grown and prepared. the opportunities are not set absolute. they're not universally realize. we see people not taking advantage of these trends or don't have the opportunities to access them. what diet -related health concerns impact the public is important to recognize disparities are growing gaps in our societies. they of

most important agricultural commodities that supports and industry which produces $20 billion of domestic economic activity annually. sugar. i had the honor of representing southwest louisiana where sugar contributes $3.5 billion to our state economy annually and employs over 16,000 hardworking louisiana citizens. mr. speaker, these men and women have come into their lives embracing the heritage and hard work of their mothers, their fathers, their grandmothers, their grandfathers. for generations by the toil of their labor, the sweat of their brow they have tilled the soil and raised sugar. the united states has historically been a reliable supplier of high quality, low cost sugar that is used by consumers necessaryically and internationally. -- domestically and internationally. in fact, americans on average spend over 20% less for sure gar than consumers in other nations. and manufacturers pay roughly the same price for american sugar that they did in the 1980's. american sugar growers last year produced 32,000 tons of sugar, 13,800 tons of which came from south florida. -- south louisiana. while sugar price vs. remained flat for t

the food industry is innovating to give people more of what they want. food manufacturers are reform lating products to boost fiber content, limit additives and curb the amount of sodium and sugar. sometimes innovation is used to make healthful foods more convenient such as grab and go, create package salad combinations, yogurt packaged with fruits and nuts or prodean drinks and sometimes it's preserving taste while consuming ingredients consumers want to the avoid. take salt, for instance, salt crystals can be made to taste saltier by simply changing their shape to increase the surface area, allowing less sodium to be used or take sugar. simply shifting some sugar to the outside of a cereal rather than being uniformly distributed throughout can lower the amount of sugar without changing the taste. some manufacturers are using flavor beefrts like vanilla or cinnamon and other ingredients to enhants sweetness of their products. consumer demands have also spurred companies to change labels to match these trends. labels are being developed with more information about what's in the food and how healthful it is, where it came from and how it was grown and prepared. but these opportu

the arms industry. because you don't really think about it they have to be produced somewhere and now they're here and even among the company has to make something that one makes sugar or others make candy make weapons without weapons but should they make maybe make chocolate or something now. then if they learn cost doesn't make it someone else will then somebody else will produce weapons and they're not just making weapons for the military but also for the police and we need them soon. guns have been manufactured and opened off for two hundred years the first rifle factory opened in eight hundred twelve the local weapons museum shows the development from the early days to modern military weapons by headline co. so this g thirty six assault rifle takes center stage it's been the standard weapon of germany's armed forces since about two thousand since one thousand nine hundred seventy it's actually true that the standard infantry arms have come from off to this day except for a very very short break first for the imperial army then for the army of their life during the weimar republic for the value of the nazi era and then for today's bundeswehr. work for hector on

the ten year treasury, but agriculture is going to be huge. corn, soybeans, wheat, sugar, coffee. there's less farmers. people are getting out of the farming industryon. there's less land in the need for food will grow. >> you know millennial's are going back to the form. >> we have other cycles. we have a 40 year drought cycle that's due about now. where's the demand going to come from. >> is not going to be the demand side. it's the fact that there's not enough food. after agricultural stocks. the fertilizer companies. you're talking about food, famine, i'm waiting for the locus next. >> the cycle is due for a drought. i live in connecticut. i'm not a drought restriction, i can only water my lawn twice a week for an hour. you've got california who has some issues, midwest is going to go, people don't remember when the dust came to new york city. this cycle is now due to weather pattern changes in the commodity. if you look at sugar and coffee and soybeans, they've all bottomed out. >> and we have all on tape. we will come back. thank you. president trump will give a big speech this afternoon highlighting his plan for lowe lower -- lowering the co

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the sugar program and other would be an overall 10% cut over all these programs that would be basically eliminate them within 10 years which is more about should america's federal government protect its production of agriculture industrydue and unfair competition around the world? and my answer says yes. so those two are the ones that we'll be debating in a few minutes. >> dana: curious thing for republicans especially and i used to work on capitol hill. i remember it well. the debates about this because the free market, we believe, should prevail but then if you look at, you know, virginia fox, her amendment about the sugar policy, i'd like to drill down on that for a second. why are you against what she calls the sugar policy modernization act? it seems like it has more support than it has in the past but do you think that amendment will fail? >> well, it must fail. quite frankly, if we had a level playing field, we actual had those free markets that you talked about around the world, then our sugar producers would go head to head. they are the low cost producers in the market. what we don't want to compete against as you saw with announcement yesterday, they have increased their subsidies to the sugar producers to