they would not be cost competitive without the usda bite down the u.s.xtra cost per gallon on these fuels biggest taxpayer dollars at the end of the tapings tapings been in a wasteful manner. we have had numerous institutions where we decorated this issue and operational issues that are not being met and yet we continue to spend money that we don't have four things that are important on things that are better left to the department of energy. this amendment simply says they can't can go around the current ndaa and by fuels by using other taxpayer dollars not in their control. i urge my colleagues to encourage the department offense to obey the law and adopt my substitute him at that i yield back. >> mr. petersen. >> i post this as a member that would prevent the department of defense from big-ten is collaborative work for the department of agriculture to provide i/o fuels for the military united states department of defense is's largest institutional consumer of energy in the world and as we have seen in recent years our global markets are volatile. desp

. >>> the usda might start fining schools that don't comply under the hunger free kids act. they have to serve a specific mix of fruit, vegetables and whole grains while lowering sodium and fat but new research shows the rules have led to more food wastes. kids throw away the fruits and veggies required by the rules. >> the fact you have the federal government coming in and opposing standards and saying we're going to fine you for not towing the line is ridiculous. >> the usda says the fines would only be in extreme cases. they want to allow schools more flexibility. >>> an april fool's day backfires on google. the joke featured in g mail angered a lot of people. >>> a police officer in hunting ton beach goes viral and what he did to help a homeless girl. >>> good morning. looking at the east bay commute continuing to be nice. what about san francisco? well, it's very nice too. what is this? someone calling me? yes. my alarm is going off. i'll tell you what that's all about coming up. >>> we're going to hop to a nice friday forecast. temperatures looking warmer for some. we'

the usda says fines would be used in the most extreme cases and the proposal will improve the program and ensure america's children receive the nutrition meals they need to learn and thrive. the first lady's signature project has proven politically problematic for the white house with rubbles trying to gut the program in 2014. a new bipartisan senate bill is working through congress that keeps some nutritional standards while allowing schools more flexibility. >> we believe that this bill is good news for children. good news for parents. good news for schools. >> it is unclear how happy kids will be with the new bill or standards, although it would be tough for the reaction to get much worse. food under the current rules has earned its own twitter #. a sarcastic thanks, michelle obama, with a picture of the offending food. >> in the white house briefing room. thank you. >>> officials in california say water restrictions will be in place, will still be in place this summer, although heavy el nino rains could mean some will be loosened. this year's snow pack in the sierra nevada is near

. >> the usda says fines would be used in extreme cases.enate bill is working its way through >>> several people hurt after a tour boat slammed into a dock in san diego. 140 people on board yesterday afternoon. three passengers taken to the hospital with moderate injuries. a mechanical malfunction is to blame for the crash. the ship sounded its horn repeatedly as it was coming in. >> we knew it was going to hit. all the people standing in line started running. we were able to stand there and it just crashed going pretty fast into the dock. >> the crash damaged the ship and the water front walk way. authorities are now investigating what caused the malfunction. >>> there could soon be a new gun on the market that could pass for something we carry around on a daily basis. a man from minnesota is building a gun the size and shape of a smartphone. he showed his concealed weapon at a restaurant scaring a young customer but police are concerned because it would be hard to tell the difference between the gun ask the cell phone. >> that extra timin

. >>> the usda is proposing new standards for animals certified as organic.elters would have to be big enough to lie down, as well as stretch up without touches other animals or the side of the shelter. usda estimates these rules will cost organic farmers up to $24 million a year. >>> if you love ice cream, we have a scoop on a delicious meal tomorrow. >> who doesn't? an ice cream happy hour tomorrow at the hayes valley location. they're celebrating the business's fifth anniversary. >> the ice cream is made fresh to order on the spot in a special mixer using liquid nitrogen. the san francisco shop started in a wagon in san francisco. it now has five location around the bay area. >>> the special deal is tomorrow from 5:00 to 7:00 at the hayes valley location. >>> it's an all-out search for sam. >> a stuffed animal is launched into space those are some good looking tomatoes. yep. how long have you been growing them? for a couple months. me too. hey leonard, if we've been growing our tomatoes the same amount of time, why did your dirt grow more than my dirt? bec

i want to start with the usda.utbreak occurred and june.cember that was basically migratory birds flying south, correct? but obviously, in june, they are also flying back. i want to get, to what extent did we dodge a bullet? have we gone through basically two additional migratory patterns without this hitting us again? mr. shea: it's too soon to say. what ended up being the final end to the outbreak last year was really the onset of warm weather. once the temperatures get consistently above 70 degrees, the virus pretty much won't survive. sen. johnson: similar to human flu? mr. shea: yes. sen. johnson: we were coming and going then, migratory birds coming up, coming back, temperatures that we certain point in the outbreak ended? mr. shea: exactly. when migratory birds fly south, they have a clear path. they keep going. when they are heading north, they can slow down. year, and thelast reason we thought it was bad in iowa and wisconsin, is that the birds were heading north, but the weather was still too cold. they g

. >> the usda says that schools would only be fined in the most serious cases. >>> g mail users have an option to send a minion from the movie dropping the phone. some users say they actually hit that button to reply to important business e-mails because the drop the mike button was where the send and archive button is. one person claimed to have lost a job as a result. >>> actor john stamos teamed up with netflix to prank its users. >> who is john at that no, -- stamos? what is john stamos. >> netflix put out this fictitious series. it changed its categories to read now like john stamos comedies. john stamos thinks they are funny. and crimes that a nice guy like stamos would never commit. >>> snoop dog is having a little fun also on youtube. >> supervision is in high definition. now you see what i do in 360 degrees. >> snoop dogg teamed up with youtube to make this prank video claiming that people will have the option to watch all of their videos in snoopavision. there is a message that says, by the way, happy april 1st. the video was posted this morning and already has more than on

to that end, what is the usda doing to prepare with the terror of bioterrorism. >> i'm very much interested in your answer. senator portman has a dead stop. if you can just yield for a moment. >> thank you, senator, and thank you senator carper. this is an important area. i have a number of questions that i'm going to be submitting from the record. probably to each of you, at least the three of you as i see there. i want to focus on one issue dr. dr. hatchet. my understanding is the way in which someone becomes contagious with ebola creates a health problem in and of itself whereas with zika it's not transmitted person to person, however, transmitted from mosquitoes to people very easily. i just wonder what you can do to leverage our assets including one in ohio, it's the air lift wing there that provides area spring for our country. they do incredible work and work with regard to oil spills and also work with regard to mosquito infestations. do they have a role where we can see unfortunately a movement from latin america up to the united states? >> thank you for that question. sector contr

the administrator here. we have a very intense scientific interchange between usda on influenza, and also food-borne diseases. there are pockets of collaboration. sen. mccaskill: very good, i appreciate that so much. we heard about this earlier, last year, the cultural secretary was rocked by the callednfluenza, commonly bird flu. this was devastating in iowa, where it resulted in the death hit0 billion birds, and a to our economy and iowa. the livestock sector is also regularly impacted by these diseases. they struggled to control them with new ones popping up each year, we have talked about some of that. anis not inconceivable that ill-intentioned actor could purposely introduce an equally dangerous and contagious , toogen into the u.s. really mess with our food security, our trading relationships, and economic security. i know i am going a little overtime, but to that end, what is the usda doing to prepare for this type of bioterrorism? can you give us a broad overview on that? much interested in your answer, but if we could just yield to him for a moment, we will go back. >> thank you, senator carper. th

and metal, consumers need to look for the products with the establishment number 20728 inside of the usda inspection mark but check your freezer this morning. back to you. >> wow, thanks, hena. >>> meanwhile in other news new residents of the national zoo in washington have a little will philly connection. >> that is because, they are eagles. the bald eaglelets now have names too, after an on line contest. very pleased to introduce to you freedom and liberty. >> ahh. >> they were hatched last month. other names suggested, stars and stripes, honor and glory, kind of cutie like freedom ape liberty. one name that is all they need, prominent. >>> welshing coming up after the break we will get another check of weather and traffic. >> with you first katie is tracking storms in >>> how about the storms yesterday now they are retreating. we are left with the frontal bound dry. it is in the leaving us alone necessarily but we will not dodge any keep of nasty thunderstorms like what we had yesterday. but talk about the temperature difference, man, we're now back to a dose of reality today. we hit 8

it's met the recommendations with collaboration with cdc and hhs and usda. however, we reported last year that persistent challenges still get in the way. for example, most of the primary partners like cdc and hhs told us that products didn't add value, did not provide new meaning or did not help them identify biological events quicker. and also still has difficulty getting the data it needs because partners won't share it or there are restrictions to sharing that date. the challenges that it faces is not easy to address. we've identified policies. however, these options may require changes in law. and it's not clear that even these will address the challenge. this brings me back to the bigger issue. as we in the blue ribbon panel noted investments and specific programs should be evaluated in terms of costs and benefits but they should also be prioritized across other programs of government as part of the national biodefense strategy. another critical part of this prioritization should be and important to ensure that the limited resources are directed. it's d

the usda says pilgrims pride chicken may contain plastic and wood. head to nbcnewyork.com and search recall force more information. >>> today, if you buy a dozen original glazed doughnuts at krispy kreme, as chris does every morning, you will get a dozen free. they say it's in honor of national superhero day. crispy krispy kreme is urging everyone to share the doughnuts with every day heroes. >> almost 4:44 on a thursday morning. it's on the chilly side. temperatures in the 30s and 40s in the suburbs. city relatively speaking mild around 50. clouds will build in today. we have on and off showers to get a bit of a break on saturday. the weekend now is looking like the rain will move in quicker on sunday. we may see rain as early as late saturday. sunday the better day if you're looking for dry conditions for outdoor activities. chilly 30s out across suffolk county. 51 in the city. again, along long island, 40s. the pine barrens dropping below the freezing mark. so chill out there this morning. a couple lines of nasty storms out across the midwest this

produce on school menus, with loudoun county school and nutrition officials leading the effort with the usda. the cards have become so popular, a second edition is likely. we've got a handful here. >> they are pretty cool. they help to humanize who is growing the food that we eat a lot. i love lauren glazer who said why she loves her products, she loves bacon and ice cream. and mike snow, who said i didn't grow up on a farm, i got the bug in college. you know just interesting stories to kind of personalize the story. >> the cards areer has been in farming ten years, she loves specialty-cut flowers so do i, barbara. very nice. >> check them out, loudoun county. >>> a special moment for a police officer who was shot three times in an ambush. coming up, the curve ball he threw after throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game. >>> and a complicated surgical procedure now under way, doctors separate twins who were born joineat the waist.d stroand restoring aing a newbfather's faith. it's standing tall after one surgery... not six. stronger is being a

. >>> now that the usda might start fining schools that don't comply, schools getting federally-funded lunches have to serve a specific mix of fruits, vegetables and low grains but new research shows it has lead to more food waste so they're ignoring some of the guidelines. many throw away the fruits and vegetables >> the fact that now you have the federal government coming in an im posing the standards and saying we're going to fine you for not towing the line is ridiculous. >> a new senate bill is working through congress that keeps some nutritional standards while allowing schools a little more flexibility. >>> a polling data showing that donald trump may be at a critical time and hillary clinton is losing her patience. the latest in the race for the white house. >> wisconsin is the next contest up on tuesday, and there's a new fox business poll out and bernie sanders has built momentum in that state. that represents a turn around for him in wisconsin. in what was supposed to be a few moments, hillary clinton lost it. >> clinton was responding about donations from the oil and gas in

but to that end, what is the usda doing to prepare for the theft bio terrorism? you can give us i broad overview on that? >> mr. chairman, i'm going to ask you to suspend your answer. i'm interested in your answer. senator pullman has -- if we could yield to him. >> senator carper, thank you for having this hearing i've got a number of questions i'm submit for the record. probably to each of you, at least to three of you that i see there. i want to focus on one issue, dr. hatchett, if we could. we talked a lot about ebola and the zika virus. and they're very different. and my understanding is the way in which someone becomes contagious with ebola creates a health problem in and of itself. whereas, with zika, it's not as easily transmitted from person to person. however, it's transmitted from mosquitos to people, very easily. and i just wonder what you think we could do in terms of leveraging all of our assets, including one that happened to be situated in youngstown ohio. which is the 910th. it's the airlift wing that provided work for our firing ranges, they do

the usda wants to find schools up to 10% of their federal meal money for offenses that show a assistant disregard for the nutrition rules. >> now that you have the federal government coming in and imposing these standards and saying we will find you for not towing the line, it's ridiculous. >> school receiving federal dollars must give a mix of fruits, vegetables and whole grains while reducing sodium and trans fat . research shows a significant increase in food waste. they fox news the before and after lunch pictures illustrating kids flowing throwing away the fruits and vegetables that were required by the rules. >> it would only be used in the most extreme cases in the proposal will improve the program and make sure children receive the nutritious meals they need to learn and thrive. >> the first lady has a problematic for the white house. republicans try to get the program in 2014 and a new partisan bill is working its way through congress. this keeps nutritional standards while allowing schools to have flexibility. >> we believe it's a good news for children and good news for schoo

the usda is announcing the names today. the parents mr.sident and a live look for you at the nest this morning. is that them? >> i think so. they're sleeping. they are eagles, they're large birds. >> thank you. the names have been narrowed down. stars and stripes, honor and glory, anacostia and potomac, freedom and liberty and cherry and blossom. >> all great names. all washington themes. their parents are mr. and mrs. president. >> what do we like? >> freedom and liberty. >> i could go anacostia and potomac, too. names will be announced later this morning. you can keep an eye on the nbc washington app and we'll let you know. >> chuck and melissa did not make the final cut. >> how did that happen? >> i thought maybe. >> we thought maybe too. but not so much anymore. >> we're not happy. >> thanks america for the support. we really appreciate it. we will come up with our own two names now that we've been shunned off the list. outside early this morning, looking westbound from our tower here in northwest washington, that is tyson's corner abo

expanded program caps off in december >>> first lady michelle obama is getting more backlash now that the usda might start fighting schools of that do not comply with it. under the hunger free kids act schools getting federally funded lunches have two serve a specific mix, while lowering sodium and fat. new research sows -- shows it has led to more foodways. these are better before and after lunch pictures here showing many kids are throwing away those required fruits of injuries >> now that you have the federal government coming in and imposing the standards thing we are going to find you for not telling the line, is ridiculous. >> finds would >> fines would only be used in most extreme cases. a new bipartisan senate bill is working his way through congress that keeps us on nutritional standards while allowing schools a bit more flexibility. >>> the oakland a's will take on the giants in san francisco. last night jeff allowed one hit and struck out five and in a three-one giants win. nice grab in the left field. tonight, kendall will start against jake and ed lee and libby schaff are expected

i want to talk to the the usda. mr. shea, the last outbreak occurred between december and june, basically migratory birds flying south and also in june flying back. to what extent have we dodged this bullet? have we gone throu basically two additional patterns without this hitting us again? >> mr. chairman, it's still too soon to say, what ended up being the final end to the outbreak last year really was the onset of warm weather. once the temperatures get to 70-degrees, the virus won't survive. >> similar to human flu then. temperatures got to a point and that outbreak ended? >> exactly. also what happens with migratory birds, they have a clear path, they just keep going. when they are heading north, they can slow down. for example, what happened last year and the reason we thought it was so bad in iowa and wisconsin was that the birds were heading north but the weather was still too cold and got to a spot where the lakes were still frozen. >> yeah, okay, i got it. that's pretty good news though. the outbreak in indiana

the federal government, funding began and later expanded through low-interest loans from the usda. we now serve approximately 15,000 customers through the lower 6000 towns. in crafting water infrastructure policy, we urged congress to consider the following -- first, local communities have an obligation to pay for the water infrastructure and federal government should only subsidize water infrastructure of the local community can afford it and there is a compelling federal interest such as public health, compliance over economic development. a have recently been denied $3 million usda low-interest loan for a 50 mile water. we can't afford a commercial loan from the bank and did not meet the subsidize . founding progms achieved thisk objective by requiring federal subsidies be targeted to communities most in need. that itour concerns ios lacks any needs based targeting, credit, elsewhere or focus on compliance issues. this year's epa budget request srf andd funding for increased funding requests for the wica program. this gives the appearance that federal water levels are being decre

the district superintendent. >>> first lady michelle obama is helping school lunch plan is getting backlash from critics. usda might start finding schools that don't comply. under the hunger free kids act scores getting federally funded let -- lunches have to survey mix of fruits, vegetables and whole grains while lowering sodium and fat. new research shows the rules have led to more food waste. subscores are ignoring the guidelines. these are before and after pictures of kids throwing away required fruits and veggies. >> you have the government coming in and imposing the standards and then same we will find you for not telling the line is ridiculous. >> usda says fines would be used in the most extreme cases. the senate bill is working its way through congress will keeping some nutritional standards. >>> federal government has got to start off helping low income people to get internet access. on thursday fcc commissioners voted to expand the program helping low income americans pay for phone service and also apply for internet service. the latest attempt by the government to close a digital divide between pe

according to the usda, the total value of farm production exceeds $39 billion -- i'm the , $390 billion and agricultural industry supports 16 million domestic jobs. they provide st fuel that are critical to our daily lives. family-own farms account for farms and ranches in the united states. however, the advance of new technology has created increased productivity leading to lower prices for many commodities. this downward pressure is expected to increase and newer technology will be adopted. as margins continue to thin, more and more single-owned family operations will consolidate in larger multi-family owned operations, but these are still small businesses. unfortunately, the current size standard has been set in statute and is outdated. the standard is too low for a vast majority of farms, ranches to participate in potential government contracts and subcontracting opportunities. also, the s.b.a. size standard are used for federal agencies to determine their obligations under the regulatory flexibility act. this law helps ensure that the federal agency establishes the potential impact

administration and meets all safety and and haines celeste cal saying their ingredients fully comply with the usda'sllegations about previous lawsuits are baseless and without merit saying the company follows strict standards of safety and we label each ingredient that goes into every product not because we have to but because it's the right thing to do. both companies also told abc news their infant formulas were certified organic by third parties. michael. >> thank you, jesse. now it's time for tory johnson and "deals & steals" and a special watch party filled with fans jut side of high hometown of houston. good morning to you, ladies. >> look at them. >> the moment you've been waiting for. everybody waiting for. let's get to the bargains. >> those girls started this morning with economimosas in th hands. we're starting with bracelet. from lisa stewart, the cuff collection. there's all these great word, such powerful word, grace, hope, love, sex y. you name three different styles. i chose joy. i'm wearing joy in your honor. you are my joy. you're bringing sexy back. okay, big deal. you can buy all

we have talked to the usda in utah and colorado, but i do not know if they are able to come to and do that for us and there is cost. if they are not able to do it, i don't know who else is and they can look into it. >> i wouldn't expect you to know today. but what i'm asking is to go ahead and do some research on it and maybe an area not that far away from here, maybe in california. there must be someone in california. that's the type of research we need to do. i don't know if any of the presenters spoke with uc davis. i got this from bridget. do you have this report? >> i do not, but i bet i can get that from bridget. >> i heard some good things about it. i haven't seen a report. so, maybe that report will shed some light into how we can approach this. >> wool -- we'll take a look at it. we are opening to anything that comes along. this is a new field. >> thank you very much, ms. donahue. >>supervisor david campos: thank you. it's very difficult in so many respects actually and i do believe that it requires a lot of people to do a lot of things. as a dog owner, i certainly want to do

i'm going to ask the question and give context. has usda considered eliminating the five-year residency requirement for recent immigrants to receive s.n.a.p., historical backdrop. bob will remember when the '96 welfare law came out of congress, it had really severe restrictions on legal. we're not talking about undocumented immigrants here. we're talking about legal immigrants, legal immigrants receiving s.n.a.p. and other benefits. i remember when president clinton signed the law, he singled out two areas that he said in his view went much too far. one was the immigrant restrictions and the other were actually s.n.a.p. with regard to immigrant restrictions in 1997 balanced budget act, as i recall the restrictions on legal immigrants receiving food stamps were removed for all the legal immigrants already here in the country but for people who newly entered the country after the bill's signature date august 22nd, 1976, there was a five-year restriction. i think it was eased for children subs quenl but still there for adults. this is not some

that's the kind of debate. >> next question, i'm going to ask the question and then give context. has usda considered eliminating the five-year residency requirement for recent immigrants to receive s.n.a.p.? when the 96 welfare law came out of congress it had really severe restrictions on illegal, not talking about undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, ls receiving snap for those benefits. i remember that when the pres. signed the law he singled out to areas that he said in his view went much too far. one with the immigrant restrictions and the other the sum of the snap cuts. and this regard to the immigrant restrictions on 1997 budget act, as i recall , the restrictions on illegal immigrants were removed. a five-year restriction. not something you is a secretary of authority on. >> our focus obviously is on things that we can't control. we can control encouraging states to do a better job of outreach to make sure eligible people sign up. we can control encouraging opportunities for s.n.a.p. beneficiaries to take their kids to a farmers market and enjoy that experience. we can contro

. > the next question. has usda considered eliminating the five-year residency requirement for recent mmigrants to receive snap? when the law came out of congress it had really severe restrictions on legal. not talking about undocumented immigrants here. legal immigrants. legal intergrants. i remember when president clinton side the law he singled out two areas that he said and his view went much too far and one was the imgrant restrictions and some were the snap can you tell us. with regards tot immigrant restrictions in the balanced budget act, as i recall, the restrictions on legal immigrants receiving food stamps were removed for all of the legal immigrants here in the country. but for people who newly entered the country after the bill's signature date there was a fife-year restriction. this is not something you as the secretary have authority on. congress would have to change the law. right? >> right. and our focus obviously is on thing that is we can control. we can control encouraging states to do a better j

the country. there are other federal agencies, usgf, usda and other organizations that did these across the country. >> the other thing you mentioned about coyotes being individuals and they have sort of different personalities. so how do you define a coyote that is abnormal having abnormal behaviors, aggressiveness and so forth? >> that goes back to that original group, the committee we have with all of those agencies, getting other coyote experts involved. i want to again point out that urban coyotes are a relatively new thing. so the new research that's coming out of that is starting to really shed some light on specifically urban coyotes that are different behaviors than rural coyotes because of the general environment that urban areas have. so it is getting that committee with a variety of experts and to sit down and define. this is what we are going to define as normal or abnormal in our area. again, that's going to be driven by contemporary up to date science. >> have you or other cities done enough research to understand when you talk about home range, how large of an area that is? >> it's

they have ruled out production cuts for the time being. usda'sit is pushing ahead with plans to become one of the world's elitist commercial -- leading commercial banks by deposit. the new president says it is looking at writer acquisitions in the u.s. -- further acquisitions in the u.s. due to steady growth, and the opportunities to tap into asia's expanding middle class. significant impact in the next fiscal year. powered by over 2400 journalists, this is bloomberg news. let's check in on markets right now, this monday morning. the first trading day of the full week in april. zealand, rising a 10th of 1%. there is also speculation that some point, they will have to cut rates. 68 u.s. cents at the level there. also counting down to the open korea,ralia, japan, and the time change means sydney is going to open in about half an hour from now. we have sydney futures pointing to pretty much a flat open, as this was the story on friday, with australian equities falling 1.6%, after oil fell as well. a lot of investors probably wary what itopec promise

and then the usda will develop it. >> that's normally where your resources are. okay. >> i would like to talk about public-private partnerships because in the last bill we passed which we think has promise in terms of being able to access public and private dollars to maximize the availability of resources. how do you see that and are you familiar with it number one and it hasn't been funded yet and maybe we will have a better answer. what kind of promise do you think that has? >> thank you senator. we think it has a lot of promise with the fact that we feel it will go ahead. it allows for both of blending of federal funding as well as private money to come together and leverage that out properly. as we said in the testimony, the infrastructure gap is so great that we don't think that federal funding will be able to bridge the gap and bring in the other funding resources through public-private partnerships and a big part of the partnerships is not just the funding component, but the risk transference that happens between the municipality and the customer and the c

the gao report on tribal internet access, noted a lack of coordination between the fcc and usda in their efforts to increase internet access on tribal lands. what risks of duplication or inefficiency are presented by this lack of coordination? >> mr. hurd led that work to respond. >> thanks for the question. one of the challenges we saw there is they were not doing coordinated training and one of the challenges for the tribal group is getting to the training and having the administrative staff to take advantage of some of those programs. >> have the agencies made any progress on increasing their coordination? >> we did the report last year. we'll be following up with them this year. they concurred with the recommendations so hopefully they're taking some steps forward. >> is this lack of coordination creating a risk that fcc and usda is going to offer conflicting advice to folks seeking to increase access on their lands? >> i think it's possible, yes. >> i'm curious, as you continue with this, so please keep us informed on that. >> we will, thank you. >> mr. dodaro, to you and your team,

the gao report on tribal internet access noted a lack of coordination between the fcc and usda in their efforts to increase internet access on tribal lands. what risks of duplication or efficiency are presented by this lack of coordination? >> ask mr. herd who led that work to respond. >> thanks for the question. one of the challenges we saw there is they were not doing coordinated training and one of the challenges for the tribal group is getting to the training and having the administrative staff to take advantage of some of those programs. >> have the agencies made any progress on increasing their coordination? >> we did the report last year. we'll be following up with them this year. it's, they concurred with the recommendations so hopefully they're taking some steps forward. >> is this lack of coordination creating a risk that fcc and usda is going to offer conflicting advice to folks seeking to increase access on their lands? >> i think it's possible, yes. >> i'm curious, as you continue with this, so please keep us informed on that. >> we will, thank you. >> mr. dodaro, to you an

and the sfrs, you know, are administrated through the oklahoma water resources board and then usda rural development. that's normally where -- >> where your resources are. yeah. okay. i would like to talk about public/private partnerships because in the last bill we passed the wfia which we think has some promise in terms of being able to access public and private dollars to maximize the availability of resources. how do you see that and are you familiar with it, number one, and then i mean, it hasn't actually been funded yet so as soon as we had it funded maybe you will have a better answer. what kind of promise do you think that has? >> thank you, senator. we think it has a lot of promise in the fact that wfia, we are going to assume it going to go ahead hopefully. it allows for both the blending of federal funding as well as private money to come together and leverage that out properly. as we said in our testimony, the infrastructure gap is so great right now, we don't think that federal funding will be able to bridge that gap and we have to bring in these other funding resources thro

the country. there are other federal agencies, usgf, usda and other organizations that did these across the country. >> the other thing you mentioned about coyotes being individuals and they have sort of different personalities. so how do you define a coyote that is abnormal having abnormal behaviors, aggressiveness and so forth? >> that goes back to that original group, the committee we have with all of those agencies, getting other coyote experts involved. i want to again point out that urban coyotes are a relatively new thing. so the new research that's coming out of that is starting to really shed some light on specifically urban coyotes that are different behaviors than rural coyotes because of the general environment that urban areas have. so it is getting that committee with a variety of experts and to sit down and define. this is what we are going to define as normal or abnormal in our area. again, that's going to be driven by contemporary up to date science. >> have you or other cities done enough research to understand when you talk about home range, how large of an area that is? >> it's

somebody went in and actually fixed the thing that we had put out to auction before the auction was over. >> what about usda? what were you trying to get done this year? >> we -- so it wasn't quite the way you phrased the question, but it's obvious enough. there turns out there's a presidential election this year. it is almost a guarantee -- i know some of you heard me say this at lunch. i know it is almost a guarantee na that the next president and the next person in my job will not spend as much time together. unless and until the next administration has their own healthcar healthcare.gov and this becomes front and center on the agenda again. it could happen, but let's assume it doesn't. so we've got to figure out how to -- if we assume for the moment that something we're doing is worth preserving, we have to figure out how to create enough of our own reputation and relationships with the rest of the -- with agencies and all the layers of people that are still going to be there in 2017 that we continue on into the next term. and this is the institutionization conversation which started months ago with us

the federal government provided that funding to begin and later expanded our water service through low interest loans through usdaow serve approximately 15,000 customers through a little over 6,000 taps. in crafting water infrastructure funding policy. we urge congress to consider the following. local communities have an obligation to pay nor their water infrastructure and federal government should only subsidize infrastructure, when the local community can't afford it, and there's a compelling public interest. such as health, compliance or economic development. we've recently been denied a usda loan for a waterline. they determined we could afford a commercial loan. the u.s. da and epa funds achieved this principled objective by requiring that federal subsidies be segregated to communities most in need. one of our concerns with the new program is it lacks any needs based targeting means testing or focus on compliance issues. this year the request decreased funding for srf's and substantially increased funding for the wifra program. this means programs are being moved from communities to communities with less nee

and the sfrs, you know, are administrated through the oklahoma water resources board and then usda rural development. that's normally where -- >> where your resources are. yeah. okay. i would like to talk about public/private partnerships because in the last bill we passed the wfia which we think has some promise in terms of being able to access public and private dollars to maximize the availability of resources. how do you see that and are you familiar with it, number one, and then i mean, it hasn't actually been funded yet so as soon as we had it funded maybe you will have a better answer. what kind of promise do you think that has? >> thank you, senator. we think it has a lot of promise in the fact that wfia, we are going to assume it going to go ahead hopefully. it allows for both the blending of federal funding as well as private money to come together and leverage that out properly. as we said in our testimony, the infrastructure gap is so great right now, we don't think that federal funding will be able to bridge that gap and we have to bring in these other funding resources thro

this would honor the first woman elected to congress in 1916, jeanette rankin, by renaming usda's women and minorities in stem fields program as the jeanette rankin women and minorities in stem fields program. jeanette rankin graduated with a degree in biology, long before women were considered scientists and was elected to congress before women had the right to vote. as a fellow pacific northwester, she continues to be an inspiration today. but there's no doubt that we need more women and especially more women leaders in the stem fields. the year i graduated degree, they got 37 pst of the science degrees. one explanation for this is that in the early days of p.c.'s, computers were seen as toys and were marketed heavily to boys, not girls. eventually young women considered computer science and showed up on college campuses and found themselves alone in computer science classrooms dominated by men. before congress i had a long career in the technology sector and i worked with a lot of developers in the early days of email, so i know what it's like to be the only woman in the room. thankf

and 97%, 97% of the schools have met successful -- successfully met these new standards and usda has shown great eagerness to work with those who have not. and of course these new requirements require more servings of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fat-free and low-fat food and milk in schools while cutting sodium-saturated fat and transfats. mr. speaker, i can tell you that when you introduce these foods to children at a young age they will start to prefer them and we can really transform their lives. i want to skip over many of my comments and just add them to the record. because i just want to focus on that's le disease associated with poor nutrition. and that's diabetes. the burden to individuals and families is gar gantt women. you hear of people losing their limbs because of diabetes. mr. speaker, i want to talk about the burden to the economy and to the budget by allowing diabetes to run amok. diabetes is a budget-busting disease. it's an epidemic that's affecting an increasing number of americans, including more and more of our youth. ght now, right now, in 2014, 29 millio