i understand the usda visits. how many times have they been to the museum? what to they do on-site?gan in 2003. toy -- last week was finally resolved. we did come to a mutual agreement about three and a half years ago that allowed us to take the usda to a court to a dispute in there regulatory authority over our museum. gerri: tell me, how many laws are you said to be violating there? >> again, the process wa that we need to get them licensed. through that five-year process, they kept moving the target necessary for us tough yet our cats licensed. finally, we were able to up meet with that assistance secretary of the department of agriculture and come to a negotiated agreement so that we could finally take the usda to court and ispute their right to regulate us since we are regulated as a local business. gerri: saying you are a zoo, and you know, i don't think they take a lot of minutes, do they? >> no. what they did was, they said that since we are on the internet and our brochure has the cats on it, we are in interstate commerce. so therefore we need to be licensed because ernest

the usda, it's business. on the website, it says our job is to increase food stamp participation. it says we feed 46 million healthy americans. they haven't updated it since the new numbers came out, but the usda wants as many americans as possible on this benefit. we all want to see children, the elderly, the disabled fed, but there are people who are not necessarily in those categories on this benefit. it is within the usda's best interest to keep them on it because they are able to increase their bottom line. >> i think, margie, it's outrageous and obscene for the ag department to run ads to take 2350d stamps and you will get fit and trim. it's utter nonsense. i worked in the federal government. that has nothing to do with the intent of food stamps. you say it's fallen from 10% to under 8%. food stamps use is rising, not falling. it's projected to decline and they will move in concert. a john mccain adviser said this is the best way to jump start the economy. it has the biggest banks. >> mark is a friend of mine. he never said anything about sending out radio ads to tell people

schwartz: the usda asked that i go to herminie and provide an independent evaluation of the problems to determine if it was severe enough to warrant funding. i've worked in a lot of communities in pennsylvania, i've seen a lot of things that were pretty startling, however, the trip to herminie absolutely, um... astounded me. i wrote a letter to usda, saying that it was the worst thing i'd ever seen in pennsylvania and that if they could award funding, that they do so. and they did. they did. over $15 million, grant and loan, for that project. mcmillen: and it took years to get funding. what kept this project going was the steadfastness of the community -- they knew they needed sewage, and they just kept plugging along till we got through every issue that came up. the project will consist of 44 miles of line that we're going to put in, and a treatment plant. it will permanently eliminate the problem, the health hazards. i anticipate a definite regrowth in herminie, and it will be a good thing for everybody. zdravecky: maybe it won't help me too much because i'm an old lady, but whoeve

says contaminated food sickens about 48 million people a year, 3000 people die, so the fda and the usda'sd safety and inspection service are charged with protecting the food supply. an 8-point-2 percent budget cut translates to a combined $157 million dollars. there's no word exactly what cuts would mean to inspector staffing "both fda and usda are already stretched pretty thin when it comes to the inspection activities and the food safety work they do.they really need increased resources and not fewer resources." >> "agencies always say they're stretched". >> dean clancy is with freedomworks an organization that promotes smaller government, and he says the cuts leave nothing to fear. >> "arguing that getting spending under control endangers public health and safety is a really irresponsible scare tactic. especially when you realize that these aren't real cuts, these are reductions from anticipated increases in spending". >> "if you cut the budget for the work that these agencies do, it is going to significantly impact them today, its going to impact them tomorrow" "you made this one, did

you have your own and viciousness and wounded ego, you will throw up and get the usda stamp of approvald you are emptier and crazier than you always were. when you show up, like woody allen used to say, it was 80% of life, you show up and use it with people. you need a cup of tea? i can sit with you for as long as you want. i have time. your filled up from inside. i would call it the holy spirit energy. it just feels like now we are one, just 40 minutes. that is maybe the best we can hope for here. if the culture tells you, do not be vulnerable -- it takes a long time and a lot of spiritual practice to discover that your vulnerability is where your strength is, because you take off all the false fronts, you take off the armor, you take of the turtle shell, and you understand you are completely safe. you are loved and your safer outside. it is like jesus and the horribles dormancy. his point is, you are safer here than you will be anywhere in the world ever again. take it off. the willingness and the vulnerability is where we can be most permeable and where i can take you in. you can tak

the usda the food guy pyramid might have gotten it right why is obesity and diabetes increasing so quicklyence journalist. you are an md you went to stanford residency at johns h hopkins yet the nutritionnal instruction you got wasn't good? >> i thought it was. i followed it myself and told everybody around me to try to follow it. about two or three years ago i was 40 pounds over weight and prediabetic exercising 3 hours a day and eating all of the right food supposedly. it had me questioning what it was i was believing and what it was i was preaching. >> increase carbohydrates, reduce fat from 40 to 30 percent. this was based on research that led to the lathes food pyramid that told us to eat lots of breads then vegetable fruit less meat and milk now michelle obama has her new version out called my play. it is comforting to know this is all based onset elled science. the producer found this clip of the government scientist behind the rule testifying before the senate. >> i have pleaded in my report and will plead again orally here for more research on the problem before we make announceme

the usda claims the chief obstacle is that the benefits aren't needed. that's an obstacle. usda says everyone wins when eligible people take advantage of benefits to which they are entitled claiming that each $5 in new snap benefits generates almost twice the amount of economic activity for the community. we might do it another fourfold. that would ral make america prosperous. the usda produced a spanish language ad in which the main character is pressured into accepting food stamps. this is what's on the video. the lady says i don't need anyone's help. my husband earns enough to take care of us, close quote. her friend mocks her. this is the department of agriculture pitch. quote, when are you going to learn, close quote. eventually she gives in to her friends who are pressuring her and agrees to enroll. is this the right approach for america? we need to work, to help people with pride, help people to assume their own independence, and to be successful, and take care of their own families and move them from dependence to independence. that ought to be the fundamental goal o

. >> the usda maintains that the snap program has a workbe requirement for able-body adults who don'td it's up to the state to enforce specific guidelines. chris? >> chris: thank you. things were calmer today in the nation's newest right to work state. in detroit, michigan, a few dozen protesters entered a state office buildings. demonstrators in lansing and other cities covered mouth with tape in a silent protest. they signed the bill prohibiting unions from requiring workers to pay dues. member or not. >> few things symbolize the economy more than the unfinished construction projects in new york city. each began with hope and promise and ran head first to environment filled with uncertainty. >> they are empty monument to bad economy. the developers have been left incomplete until they secure financing. they say the institutional construction lending has not bounced back from the 2008 economic crisis. >> they run out of money or combination of running low on money and not having enough sales where the condominium or co-op sales or the market for rentals doesn't appear to be strong en

the usda also expects food prices to rise 3.5 to 4 percent in 2013 thanks to this summer's drought. ile gas prices may be falling cars are getting more expensive thanks to the fuel standard obama gave earlier this year. camrys are roughly $175 more expensive and lexus 200 h will be almost 3,000 dollars more than the 2012 model. they are putting together a list of things that will be cheaper. >> that is what i want. it is just about 15 minutes before the hour. could one vegetable hold the secret to a skwlooifrng free morning. >> i knew about this already. >> okay. we have to try this one. tell you which vegetable it is. being stuck in a wheelchair to being able to walk again. new technology that is called a medical miracle. check in with kelly wright to see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> good morning heather and heather. we are following the latest on the fiscal cliff negotiations. there's a big white house meeting going on today. but the white house says it's not open to negotiation. so we will tell you about that. also coming up on the show special drink to make this new ye

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the usda has said over the next 20 years we're going to see more weather conditions that affect the price. food prices are going to go up. we don't need this nonsense happening in washington over the farm bill. we have to get this passed. secretary fill site has been saying that the past six months. tom: are we just subsidizing your? and me, if we take away this subsidy and the prices go to a guy isn't that what the real market price of milk is? >> it's not because is not about the farmers. it's about the dairy in the distribution. it's all over the lot. you take a look. here in new york city prices are higher than 2 miles away in new jersey. you know, there is a lot of risk here. frankly, we are having an economy where people a startling toay for their supermarket food. day in and day out. bottom line is, it is going to get worse. there really have to pay attention to this. they have to focus on it, and a half to get this solved. tom: i know this is a little off topic, but the food stamps, edt cards will ever the call them now, i was over and against this a couple weeks ago, and they had

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what would happen if we go back to the law is that the usda would be required to raise prices to dairy eventually that would trickle down to consumers. >> are we talking about like within days, weeks, months that you see some sort of dramatic change? >> it won't be in the next few days, but when we're back in our office on january 2nd, one of the first things we'll do is contact the department of agriculture and urge them to move ahead with this permanent law. not because we think it's a sustainable solution long-term, but e because we need the prospects of that permanent law to hold congress's feet to the fire. >> we're seeing all these pictures. we're not just talking about milk, but we're talking about milk by products. there are many things we would see that would be much more expensive. can you give us a sense of the kinds of things? is it produce, cheese, pizza? >> it's everything made from milk. the other important point is that dairy and milk products are not the only commodities affected by congress failing to pass the farm bill. we're the first one out of the gate because of

so the fda and usda are charged with protecting the simply. an 8.2 budget cut translates to $157 million. there's no word exactly what cuts would mean to staffing. >> both fda and usda are stretched pretty thin when it comes to the activities they do. they need increased resources and not fewer. >> agencies always say they're stretched. >> dean clancy is with freedom works and says the cuts leave nothing to fear. >> arguing that getting spending under control endangers public health and safety is a really irresponsible scare tactic. especially when you realize that these aren't real cuts. these are reductions from anticipated increases in spending. >> cut the budget for the work these agencies do, it's going to significantly impact them today. tomorrow. >> you made that one, didn't you? >> tressa bennett and her kids are now healthy and food safety advocates. >> remember, we all have to eat. >> and they say nobody should have to fear what they eat. >> a company that tracks food recalls says there was 414 last quarter. the highest level in at le

under a 1949 law, the usda would be forced to buy milk at prices well above what farmers are getting sidies provide. that could push prices up to twice the national average of $3.12 a gallon. meanwhile, several big banks have reportedly close to a $10 billion settlement with the regulators to end the government's efforts to hold them liable nor bad foreclosure practices. "the new york times" reports nearly 40% of the settlement would dw to people who already lost their homes. in february, five banks agreed to a $25 billion settlement. the times says 14 are involved in this round of talks as well. as part of the deal, which could come this week, the banks will have to hire independent consultants to go through those loan records. >> back over to you and happy new year to everybody. >> happy new year to you. hampton pearson, thank you so much. >>> while you are planning your new year's eve celebrations, people across the world are already celebrating. >> the world's first major city to see midnight. auckland, new zealand is celebrating 2013. they brought in the new year with a bang a fe

the usda as we know is spread it is using scarce resources to regulate personal pets that now isequired under this law -- der the curnt lawhathis legislation will relievthat buen from. we think that the usda should focus its resources on more cost-effective measures rather than regulating individual personal pets that are used in these movies or television shows as the term of art is, animal actors, or animals that play a key movie or television role will not be affected by this legislation. they will continue to be regulated by the animal welfare act. so this does, as i said on the outset, is a common sense regulatory relief of burdensome paperwork. i would ask my colleagues to support this measure. s. 3666p is a, i think, a well thought out measure. with that, madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from arkansas. mr. crawford: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on the bill. the speaker pro tempore: witho

the usda mandates, with a ridge doing was underfeeding. rving a ton of processed foods, they're serving less but what they should be doing for, if the government is getting involved we will make a difference. macon to a vegan diet. how we learn this is people with gastric bypass don't develop diabetes because they can't absorb the sodium so what happens, you see this market the decrease incidence of diabetes in people with gastric bypass. also saw people who did have type 2 diabetes the diabetes went away. so we know diet is immensely important. but again, self discipline is one of the things we prided ourselves on as a nation, personal sacrifice, self discipline, hard work and other things and as we have undermined the lot of these qualities and given up our freedoms we are reaping all sorts of negative benefits and one of them is tremendous tremendous massive amounts of diabetes, heart disease, hypertension. >> host: you have gone through a three different -- how serious, what type? >> guest: two out of 3 cereus, one malignant melanoma as

approval, and not only does the fda have a say and, if you want to go out and plant it outside, the usdaand the epa also get involved. >> can you expect to get a fair hearing. >> [inaudible] at the fda she's a former montana -- >> we may cut off the with mic for the first time in six years i've been here. >> you have of five or six or seven questions. >> can we have an actual question in the form of a question? this lady here. >> i think it's on. >> it is? okay. going back to what paul asked earlier, we can talk about all of the problems and which side is doing which things. but what can you recommend in solutions either from the scientific community or politicians in general public. >> that is the 64,000-dollar question, and to address your first question that isn't the game i like to play. i'm not interested in the point scoring and saying look they get a - ten i'm not interested in that. i don't care. michael as a scientist and as a science writer is to straighten the public record to get this wrong and evolution on climate change and they are wrong. the liberals on the modification t

. >> both the fda and usda-already stretched thin when it comes to inspection activities. they need increased resources, not fewer resources. >> agencies all say they're stretched. >> he is with freedom works and that's the cuts leave nothing to fear. >> arguing that getting spending under control endangers public health and safety is a really irresponsible scare tactic. especially when you realize that these aren't real cuts. these are reductions from anticipated increases in spending. >> cut the budget for the work these agencies do, it's going to signaturancely impact them today. going to significantly impact them tomorrow. >> you made that one. >> theresa and her kids are now healthy and food safety advocates. >> remember, we all have to eat. >> and they say nobody should have to fear what they eat. >> ama: a company that tracks food recalls says there war 414 last quarter, the highest level in two years. >> the annual lists are released. one of the first, yale law school's lest of the-year-old's most memorable quotees. romney'm's comments about 47% of the pop populatio

so the fda and the usda's food safety and inspection service are charged with protecting the food supplyombined 157 million dollars. there is no word exactly what cuts would mean to inspectors staffing. >> both fda and usda are stretched pretty thin when it comes to the inspection activities in the food safety work they do. they really need an increased resources and not fewer resources. >> agencies always say they're stretched. >> reporter: dean clancy is with freedom works, an organization that promotes smaller government and he says the cuts leave nothing to fear. >> arguing that getting spending under control and dangerous public health and safety is a really irresponsible scare tactic, especially when you realize that these aren't real cuts. these are reductions from anticipated increases in spending. >> cut the budget for the work that these agencies do, it's going to significantly impact them today. it's going to significantly impact them tomorrow. >> you made that one, didn't you? >> tressa bennett and her kids are healthy and food safety advocates. >> remember, we all have to ea

and yet, the opec stats themselves and saudi stats themselves say the usda -- that saudi arabia is taking oil off the table. what's the truth? >> again, it would be most improper me to talk about a fellow colleague's country at this point. >> reporter: one last comment. what about the secretary general? would you like to see him continue? >> he's been a very, very good secretary general. however, again, these are issues that we have to determine. >> reporter: you are so kind. it's absolutely freezing. see you soon. thank you very much, indeed. that was the nigerian oil minister. i think she has a scoop. she hasn't talked to anyone, no one's talking before the meeting. worldwide@cnbc.c our guest is the president of the prestige economics. jason, thank you very much for stepping aside for an oil minister. i think you understand. is saudi taking oil off the table, or are supplies growing as the i.a. data might imply? >> i think the situation is you have a well-psupplied market. oced demand is continuing to fall. the story of rising/emerging market, demand for transportation fuels, that story

so the fda and the usda's food safety and inspection service are charged with protecting the food supplyanslates to a combined $157 million. there is no word exactly what cuts would mean to inspector staffing. >> they both are stretched thin when it comes to the inspection activities and the food safety work they do. they really need an increased resources and not fewer resources. >> agencies always say they're stretched. >> reporter: dean clancy is with freedom works, an organization that promotes smaller government and he says the cuts leave nothing to fear. >> getting spending under control endangers public health and safety is a really irresponsible scare tactic. especially when you realize these aren't real cuts, these are reductions from anticipated increases in spending. >> cut the budget for the work that the agencies do, it is going to significantly impact them today it going to significantly impact them tomorrow. >> you made that one, didn't you? >> reporter: tressa and her kids are healthy and food safety advocates. >> remember, we all have to eat. >> reporter: and they say no

. >>> the usda planning to pack a little more into the average school lunch in this country. agricultural secretary tom vilsack says more grains and meat will go back on school menus nationwide after several lawmakers complained kids were not getting enough to eat. the changes this an update to a set of nutritional rules aimed at preventing childhood obesity. newark mayor corey booker's decision to limit himself to a food stamp budget clearly has not sapped his energy for heroism. witnesses say the 43-year-old democrat raced to the scene of a car wreck outside the city's hotel riviera on thursday, where he not only helped the injured passenger. but the mayor helped direct traffic around the scene. in april mayor booker rescued a neighbor from a kitchen fire. and in case you hadn't heard he is at this point trying to decide whether to run for governor against republican chris christie, or perhaps for the u.s. senate. >>> coming up, no cause for concern -- that's the word on nelson mandala as the anti-apartheid legend rests in a south african hospital. >>> plus, should the gop

the usda would be forced to buy milk well above what price they currently buy. we should do a chart comparing milk prices and gasoline prices. >>> anyway, the senate did get some work done this weekend. ten months after he was nominated by president obama. baer whob is a white collar criminal defense lawyer used to work at a trade commission. so how should investors be positioning themselves as we head into 2013? here is what some of our guests have been telling us. >> next year is very much you've got to be aware of your idiosyncratic risks out there. clearly, the default cycle is quite low. you know, if companies can finance themselves at very low levels, as long as we don't get a big back up in interest rates or yields for any reason due to sovereign risks elsewhere, then i suspect the cycle will remain quite low. if you look at where valuations are in terms of high yield investment grade, in fact, valuations are still, even after this big move we've had in the last six months compared to where the default cycle is, still look a reasonable value. >> the first

the usda would be forced to buy milk at prices well above what farmers were getting now if the subsidyas revived. it could double the price of moib to $6.12 a gallon. >> markets have been reacting to each move on capitol hill, but obviously, things at this point are looking like the dow would open down by about 7.5 points. the dow is off 67 points and the nasdaq is down 14.75 points. all the surprised given the late hour that -- >> even if something doesn't happen today, it happens in two or three days. >> right. so if you were looking for a market reaction because a lot of the market iraqis we've heard has said, if highways the case, near not getting it base odd what they're going to see this morning. based on where we were on friday after the market closed, the dow at that point was actually up year-to-date by about 5.9%. russell 2,000 did very well. it was up by better than 12%. we'll continue to watch this closely today. the one group that you might see interested in seeing a drop in some of these nebs today would be any fun manager who is interested in trying to make sure his fund

the usda is lifting limits after students and schools complained they weren't getting enough to eat. ursed the united states in a song calling for a slow, painful death of american soldiers and families. does he serve the privilege of playing for the president? the mother of the first navy s.e.a.l. killed in iraq weighed in. >> our men and women are willing to sacrifice their lives for you and me and freedoms we enjoy just as my son did. then we have sun like this individual who is called for the murder of our troops and families, being in a place of honor, that's disgusting. our white house needs to listen to us and remove him from that program. >> that will tape tonight. cy said i will forever be sorry for any pain i caused by those words. >> well, tired of seeing her classmates exposing too much skin, and sporting tight clothing, high school freshman page hatch started a club to bring modesty back to the classroom, a idea she borrowed from her brother. joining us, sage and mckay hatch, nice to see you guys. >> nice to see you. >> what prompted you to start the modesty club? >> well

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beef and according to the usda, we have a number to rise dramatically. the bill also contains some items that the russian government opposes, including the human rights provisions which were discussed earlier here on the floor, inspired by the treatment of russian lawyer sergei magnitsky. senators cardin, mccain and others put the spotlight on the corruption and lack of transparency in russia. these provisions will clamp down on human right abusers denying them visas and putting them on notice their corruption won't be tolerated by freedom-loving countries like the united states. the house passed this bill last month on the anniversary of magnitsky's death and it's timing the senate does the same. we also have some provisions in this legislation that will ensure our trade negotiators keep russia's feet to the fire in implementing the various commitments russia made. with regard to agriculture, russia has not always played by the rules, been a point of friction between our countries. we need to make sure they bring their laws into compliance including thei