the art. we all know that technology at usda today is way behind the curve. it's inefficient and it is not farmer friendly. this will be a challenge to sunny but i am confident he will be up to that challenge. one of his most significant initiatives was the customer service focus to treat citizens of our state as customers and to create services for them that were faster, friendlier and easier. that reduce the time and improve the customer experience in everything from getting a drivers license to getting a tax refund. it also produced a cultural change as the employees bought into this initiative. such an effort at usda would be a vast improvement in the relationship with washington and its largest customers at usda, farmers and ranchers. this kind of executive experience and leadership, combined with sonny's knowledge of usda programs make them ideally suited to be the next secretary of agriculture. mr. chairman, i would urge this committee to approve this nomination and bring his confirmation to a vote on the floor of the senate as soon as possible. i than

because of the presence of the usda. mr. donnelly: one other thing that we work on a lot are conservation programs. we're very, very proud of our cover crop programs, i think we're first in the nation with that. as our chairman and ranking member always talk about, nobody cares about the environment more than the farmers and the families that live there. we want to make sure that as you look at your job going forward, you're going to commit to work to support and improve the conservation programs as well. mr. perdue: certainly. the nrcs is a big part of american agriculture. as more farmers learn how to preserve and care and create clean water, reduce runoff, use more efficient use of water, irrigation and precision agriculture, those are the research arm of usda and the extension arm pushing those -- that education information out is critical to continue to improve. the thing i like about farmers is they're all about continuing improvement. and they're competitive. they want to do better each and every year. mr. donnelly: i

i will absolutely be an advocate for the betterment obviously. usda doesn't have the capacity to supplant everything in health care but it does have an opportunity to help in that regard and i would welcome doing that. >> that again is why -- my republican governor, my other -- my colleague in the senate, senator portman, have both expressed grave concern about the affordable care act and what would happen to medicaid. 700,000 ohioan are on medication expansion. it's pretty amazing to me that a bunch of us in this body who get government supported insurance, who taxpayers subsidize our health insurance, that people in this body and the other house want to take away insurance for a whole lot of low-income working people. those are the medicaid expansion people. i just need to say that because it is such a big part of the opioid picture. last issue -- i know you're getting impatient, mr. chairman, but thank you. i worked with senator thune the last farm bill and the ag risk program, the program protects against unforeseen declines when either prices are

i recommend -- recommended by the usda for the next farm bill. will you work on a proportionate and immediate support for hard-working dairy farmers? >> senator, i will commit to you as the son of a dairy farmer and having dairied myself, i understand the hard work seven days a weak, 365 days a year that our farm family, particularly farm families, particularly in your area and others go through. these are family operations and they don't take a holiday, they don't take a break. and i understand the pain when the profitability of these farms and the milk prices are just not there and it puts many farm families under duress to do that. >> i appreciate that. one of the things -- problems that they face, too, they have a well documented farm labor shortage. now the federal leads to a temporary agriculture feature program which helps many as well as supports in your state of georgia the trump winery uses it, but allows only for seasonal farm workers. we had -- the senate had passed comprehensive immigration reform which the house did not take up. the

the initiative. such an itself at usda would be a vast improvement in the relationship with washington and its larger customers also usda, farmers and ranchers. this kind of executive experience and leadership combined with sunnies financial of usda practices make him suited to be the next secretary of agriculture. i thank you very much. >> thank you, senator chambliss for an excellent statement in behalf of the governor. it's mr. personal pleasure and previous to introduce, congressman david scott. david, we're delighted to have you here in the upper body. we won't go any further than that. please proceed, sir. >> chairman roberts, thank you for that. but i do want to make one slight correction. when you said that our house agriculture was sometimes influential and powerful, may we add an addendum to that so it will go out that the house agriculture committee has always been and will always be powerful and influential. >> i appreciate that correction. just was only one chairman that had the tenure when it was sometimes powerful. >> my friend, i will certainly take that in consideration. chairman rob

the usda collects a lot of information around animal abuse. everything from research labs to puppy mills. they publish this information in -- if you run a show horse operation, you can find out if someone has a history of animal abuse and is invite them. or you can make sure you not buying from a puppy mill. this is not a political issue. when i believe happened was there was a group of people competing in a show horse competition with a history of abusing animals even their information was on this website. they can play this is violating the privacy. not true, but the usda decided and set of taking prohibitive measures, they just took database down from public access. if you want to access information which some places are required to do, you have to file a freedom of information act request which you take months. that is what happens when you don't have the highest levels of -- host: why hasn't there been a uniform policy? guest: open data is relatively new. i think there is a reason why open data policies was established in 2013. it can be

one day the usda meat inspectors came for a visit. there in the break room and saw religious materials on the counter. one of the usda inspectors became offended by this materials and they summoned to the owner to his office. can you imagine some of the a government agent summoning up owner to his own office. they told him you would either remove those materials because they are offensive to us or we will remove our meat inspectors. if you know anything about meatpacking business which i did not i have been educated on, if you remove the meat inspectors, the usda inspectors, they have to shut down the business. forty-five people would've been put out of work. so mr. vanderbilt did as he was ordered and remove the materials. he has filed a formal complaint. this is why groups like alliance defending freedom in the american family association urging president trump to sign an executive order protecting religious liberty. protecting people like the flower shop owner in the meatpacking company order. president reagan, my favorite president

they go to the usda to get it. so i think when they voted, they never dreamed they wouldn't be able to operate their water system if they voted for trump. what they are responding to is the health care bill and some of the other issues that are out there in the campaign. it wasn't focused on these kind of things. >> i have a fought on that. again, he won my district, tom's district and callings district, and yet we still won, so we are going home and as tom said, we fly home every weekend and talk with our people. i do something almost every saturday called supermarket saturday so i'm walking up and down the line with moms and dads and grandmothers and grandfathers and i c tell you what i hear is that donald ump spoke to them from the perspective of i'm going to bring your jobs home. think of all the rhetoric over the 18 months that he was running for office making these promises that he is clearly forgetting about in this budget. and again, if you represent a rural area like we do, i mean, this cannot be seen as an

they go to the usda to get it so that people i think when they voted never dreamed they wouldn't be able to upgrade their water system if they voted for trump. what they are responding to is the health care bill and some of the other issues out there in the campaign. they were not focused on these kind of things. things. the >> again, he won my district, tom's district and we fly home every weekend and talk with our people. i do something almost every saturday so i'm walking up and down the aisle with moms and dads and grandmothers and grandfathers and i can tell you what i hear is donald trump spoke to them from the perspective of i'm going to bring your jobs home. think of all his rhetoric over the 18 months that he was running for office making these promises that he is forgetting about in these budgets and again if you represent a rural area like we do, this can't be seen as anything but bein a being toe deaf. i agree with you, donald trump needs to come to our district and hear from people and how these communities and the heartland are hurting very badly. when donald trump made as

soleras assistant to help the small communities apply for the usda granted. there is other cuts made to the various programs we have authorized the this will create tremendous pressure changes in mandatory speed being read the appropriators have rated money from the mandatory spending to wake of -- for the shortfalls with that appropriated programs up to a billion dollars that they take away from things with mandatory spending for to further exacerbate the problem. we provide tremendous service. we have the cheapest food and people understand the bargain they are getting if you screw this up you will raise the cost of food substantially. they want to get rid of all farm programs pushing for years to take food stamps from the farm bill they got their way sort of for the first time killed the farm bill on the floor of the house because the wetback on their word. now is still push this. they say we do this to get rid deafens dams or cut them they know they will not do that. the one to get rid of farm programs crop insurance, community title and free-market. we tr

he was constantly being sent -- constantly corresponding with officials in the usda and was constantly receiving from them different crops that they wanted tested out in california's soils and climate. and they really used ran cho chico as one of their early experimental farms before they actually own and ran their own. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we visit the california state university farm. >> it's the number one industry in california yet and we're the number one state in the nation in terms of agriculture. and there's 23 csu campuses but only four of them have agriculture. and chico essentially represents the northern part of the state, but we draw stut students from all over california to get experience in agriculture itself. >> and we'll also go inside the chico museum to see the historic chinese altar from the 1880 chico chinese temple. watch saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's become tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> at a hearing

he was constantly being sent -- constantly corresponding with officials in the usda and constantly receivingrom them different crops that they wanted tested out in california's soil and climate. and they really use rancho chico as one of their early experimental farms before they actually oenld and ran their own. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv." we visit the california state university farm. >> it's the number one industry in california yet. and we're the number one state in the nation in terms of agriculture. and there's 23 campuses but only four of them have agriculture. and chico essentially represents the northern part of the state. but we draw students from all over california to get experience in agriculture itself. >> and we'll also go inside the chico museum to see the historic chinese alter from the 1880 chico chinese temple. watch c-span cities tour of chico, california, to day at noon eastern and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> next, technology experts and

one of the usda inspectors became offended by the materials. and they summoned the man to his office. can you imagine not? government agents summoning so much of their own office in their own business? and they told him, you either remove the materials because they are offensive to us or we will remove our meat inspectors. now if any of you know anything about the meatpacking business which i did not but i had not been educated on it. if you remove the meat inspectors, the usda inspectors, they have to shut down the business. 45 people would have been put out. 45 people. so he did as he was ordered to do and remove the materials. and he has filed a formal complaint. this is why groups like alliance defending freedom and the american family association urging president trump to sign an executive order protecting religious liberty. protecting people like this and protect the people like this. my favorite president, reagan. i was in high school he was president. he said freedom is one generation away. last year we came close, very close. franklin

program without the usda program for water and sewer, people in ohio wouldn't have that.their ability -- trish: i got to cut you off but i think people can be pretty creative and private industry can step in and a lot can be done with less. we learned this in the lifted i stayed in new hampshire where there is no income tax, and have to be creative, we are going to take a quick break, we are waiting on sean spicer who will address reporters next. sure we could travel, take it easy... but we've never been the type to just sit back... not when we've got so much more to give when you have the right financiaadvisor, life can be brilliant. ameriprise : kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin trusted advice for life. kevin, how's your mom? life well planned. see what a raymond james financial advisor can do for you. gave us the power to turn this enemy into an ally? microsoft and its partners are using smart traps to capture mosquitoes and sequence their dna to fight disease. there are over 100 million pieces of dna in every sample. with the microsoft cloud,

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now, critics argue the research is outdated, barbaric, and sometimes deadly. usdahese experiments, but recently pulled a ton of documents and inspection records off its website. we managed to get that data before it was removed. and tonight, we'll show you what the federal government doesn't want you to see. meet maya, an 11-year-old rhesus macaque monkey that used to be the subject of research experiments in california. now, each time he makes eye contact with a human, he immediately motions to bite his arm. it's a behavior some believe he developed while inside the lab that he left 4 years ago. darren tindell: it never goes away, i don't think. bigad: darren tindell runs mindy's memory primate sanctuary in newcastle, oklahoma. he rehabilitates former lab monkeys and pets, and says many still show emotional and physical scars. darren: once in captivity, they're always going to, you know, be affected from it, you know, for the rest of their lives. bigad: the sanctuary is home to 80 primates from across the country. darren: about a quarter of our monkeys right now c

the usda says this is the first confirmed case in commercial poultry in the country this year. nearly 74,000 chickens have been destroyed to ensure the disease will not spread or enter the food system. shares of tyson off 2.5% to $61.99. >>> and late today, railroad operator csx reached a deal with it investor to install industry veteran hunter harrison as the company's new chief executive. the founder of the activist fund will join csx's board along with new independent directors. the csx rose slightly in after hours trading. >>> coming up, soda tax spillover. is the price increase in philadelphia causing layoffs at pepsi? >>> in its first month, the soda tax in philadelphia has brought in more than $5.5 million. that increase caused customers to change their habits and drink less soda. now pepsi is laying off some workers in the region. rosemary connors reports tonight from nbc's philadelphia st >> this is what the philadelphia mayor's office says the sugary drink taxpays for, free pre-k. at the peewee prep educational center, the tax spurred ten new hires to accommodate the

he was constantly corresponding with officials in the usda and was constantly receiving from them different crops that they wanted tested out in california's cell soil and climate. they used him as one of their early experimental forms before they owned and iran their own. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv we visit the california university state farm. >> it's the number one industry yet and we are the number one state in terms of agriculture. chico represents the northern part of the state, but we draw students from all over california to get experience in agriculture. >> we will also go inside the chico museum to see the historic chinese altar from the 1880 chico chinese temple. watch cspan city tours saturday at noon eastern on c-span to book tv. sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span three. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> live sunday at noon eastern, investigative journalist and author annie jacobsen is our guest on book tv in depth. >> from these pentagon documents, what is clear is it is moving

he was constantly corresponding and officials in the usda was constantly receiving from them differentps that they wanted tested out in california's soils and climate. chico as ancho early experiment will form before they owned and ran their own. at 2:00, we visit the california state university farm. industrythe number one in california and we are the number one state in the nation .n terms of agriculture goo chico represents the northern part of the state. we brought things from all over california. >> we will also go inside the chico museum to see the historic chinese altar from the 1880 g go chinese temple -- chico chinese temple. saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. visiting cities across the country with our local cable affiliates. --sunday night on q&a >> written was a dominant power in the middle east and nationalists were rising up. the big strategic question was should it support britain against the rising nationalists or try to create a new order by mediating between the nationalists and the britis

sent --onstantly being he was constantly corresponding with officials at the usda and possibly receiving from them different crops they wanted tested in california's soil and climate. they really used rancho chico as one of their early experimental farms before the owned and ran their own. on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we visit the california state university farm. >> it is the number one industry in california and we are the number one agriculture stay in the nation. there are 23 csu campuses but only for have agriculture appeared chico represents the northern part of the state but we draw students from all over california to get experience and agriculture. >> we will also go inside the chico museum to see the historic chinese altar from the chico chinese temple. watch c-span's cities tour of chico, california. afternoon on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. more now from today's intelligence committee hearing. keith alexander talks about how to prevent cyber attacks and

he was constantly being sent -- constantly corresponding with officials in the usda and was constantly receiving from them different crops that they wanted tested out in california's soil and climate. and they really used ran cho chicco as one of their early experimental farm before they actually owned and ran their own. >> on sunday, at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv we visit the california state university farm. >> it's the number one industry in california yet and we're the number one state in the nation in terms of agriculture. and there's 23 csu campuses but only four of them have agriculture. and chicco specially represents the northern part of the state, but we draw students from all over california to get experience in agriculture itself. >> and we'll also go inside the chicco museum to see the historic chinese altar from the 1880 chicco, chinese temple. watch us saturday at noon eastern on c span 2 book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c money span 3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. c span's wash

he was constantly being, constantly corresponding with officials in the usda, and was constantly receiving from them different crops that they wanted tested out in california's soil and climate. they really used rancho chico as one of their experimental farms before they owned and iran their own. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we visit the california state university farm. >> it is the number one industry in california yet and the number one state the nation in terms of agriculture. there are 23 campuses but only four have agriculture. chico represents the northern part of the state but we draw students from all over california to get experience in agriculture. >> we will also go inside the chico museum to see the historic chinese altar from the 1880 1880 chico chinese temple. watch sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span three. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> president trump met with the national association of manufacturers at the white house today and help the group released a new survey. have found tha

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the usda is addressing privacy concerns. >>> a disables vallejo woman was found safe. when that search ended a new one began. crews are looking for another missing person in vallejo. >> a large volunteer effort mobilized to search for lexis dupatty. the volunteers stayed on after she was found looking for a missing elderly man. they have to search fast before bad weather rolls in. canine teams and crews searched for 2 days. lexis has the mental capeability of a 12-year-old. after calling off the search, teams got to work and spread the news. dupatty was found 2 miles by her home by locals. >> there were passer byes who saw a young woman with a distinctive lime green jacket put out as part of the description. >> she was friendly and cooperative to the couple. >> they flagged down one of the teams in the area and saw the orange shirts and flagged them down and brought them over. she was located safely. >> before volunteers from 6 agencies could pack up, another missing person, christian james disappeared from florida and sutter streets. >> he went to walk to a local stor

the usda calls the list misleading. it says almost all the products sampled had residue levels below tolerances set by the epa. >>> got to wash them before you eat them. from 60s to snow. i can't believe we're saying that. we're tracking a system that will bring us winter weather by the morning. >> hard to believe this is going to happen. >> yes, it is. you can see some of the snow getting closer. even into pennsylvania. temperatures are about to plunge and that's going to pave the way for the snow to fall. i'll tell you when it's going to start and who is going to get what plus what it will mean for the morning commute. next. >>> and erratic driver remains on the run after slamming his car into this house overnight. what police have on this driver that may help them zero in on an arrest. next. hi hey i'll take one of those new fast play games. oh, you ready for a rush? uh, sure! ♪ i'm pretty excited for you right now. ♪ fast play is the new way to play fast and win instantly from the pennsylvania lottery. pick a game,

he was being sent, corresponding with officials in the usda and receiving from them different crops that they wanted tested in therernia's climate probably use financial charge earlye of their experiment farms for they actually owned and ran their own. ask on sunday, american history tv. we visit the california state university farm. we're the number one stay in the nation in terms of agriculture. agriculture usc campuses -- campuses. only three of them have agriculture. >> we will go inside the chico museum to see the historic chinese altar from the 1880 chico chinese temple. at noon eastern on c-span 10 tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 a.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates visiting cities across the country. the house ways and means committee worked on a bill that would require the treasury department by the committee tax returns and other financial documents they developed -- he beginse well this committee meeting. >> good afternoon. the committee will consider resolution of inquiry offered by mr. paskrel related to president trump's tax and financi

he was constantly being sent, constantly corresponding with officials at the usda and was constantly receiving from them different crops that they wanted tested out in california's soil, the climate. and they really used rancho chico as one of their early experimental farms before the actually owned and ran their own. >> on sunday at 2b eastern on american history tv we visit the california state university farm. >> it's the number one industry in california yet and with the number one state in the nation terms of agriculture and there's 23 campuses but only four of them have agriculture. chico ascensio ascension represe northern part of the state but we draw students from all over california to get experience in agriculture. >> we'll go inside the chico museum to see the historic chinese altar from the 1880 chico chinese temple. >> want c-span's cities tour of chico, california, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday afternoon at n c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> and live sunday at noon eastern investigative journ

you need to check for the best buy date of december 30th, 2017 and the usda marked inspection number on them established m 5590. >> pay close attention to that. >>> our network is changing the way you watch next year's 2018 winter olympics. >> live coverage across all time zones. no more spoilers on social media or delay to argz for popular events. the opening ceremony for the winter game set to take place in pyeongchang, south korea february 9th. catching up with social media then. >> it has to. >>> the bay area known for its active and healthy lifestyle how does it compare to other parts of the state. >> we're going to break down the numbers released this morning that ranks the healthiest counties in california. >>> a driver recklessly plows through a parking lot fence in the east bay this morning. why it forced neighbors in the area to shelter in place. righnowt 60..the a li aealshowgh >>> live aerial showing the damage left behind this morning after severe storms slams texas. look at the homes left in that area. we are tracking a different forecast here at home. good morning. than

he was constantly being sent and corresponded with officials in the usda and was constantly receiving from them different crops that they wanted tested in california's soil and climate. they used a rancho chico as one is there experimental farms before they owned and ran their own. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history to be, we visit the california state university farm. >> it's the number one industry in california yet. we are the number one state in the nation in terms of agriculture. there are 23 campus sites but only four of them have campuses. chico represents the northern part of the state but we have students from all over california to experience agriculture. >> will go inside the chico museum to see the historic chinese altar from the 1880 chico chinese temple. watch c-span cities tour of chico california on book tv. sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv, on c-span three. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> the european union's top official has received a letter from britain starting the country's exit f

all have the usda inspection number p 7092. so far there haven't been any reports of injuries. if you have an effective product, throw it away or return it to the store for a refund. >>> still to come we are hearing the air-traffic recording from harrison ford's close call at an orange county airport. what the actor and pilot called himself after a badly botched landing. >>> another crash involving a self driving uber. how the autonomous suv ended up on its side. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, harsh words for himself.. after a botched landing at john wayne airport last month. th >>> harrison ford had harsh words for himself after a botched landing at john wayne airport last month. faa just released his sheepish call to air-traffic control. >> i'm the schmuck that landed on the taxi. >> ford later explained he was distracted by turbulence from another plane when he veered off course and landed on a taxiway instead of the runway. cell phone video shows his small plane passing 100 feet above and american airlines jet that was preparing to take off. >> could i just get your name and your pilots l

. >> the usda have sfgting strain of bird flu at a ticket charm. farm has destroyed more than 73,000 chickens that contained the virus. 30 farms nearby are now under quarantine. tyson says no sick chick ens entered the bird chain. bird flu does not spread easily from person to person. >> we want to share with you some frightening video from washington, d.c. you've been warned about keeping your doors locked at gas stations. a masked person stole a bag while the driver pumped gas. the driver went after the thief. he didn't let go. the fight continued. the victim struggled. the victim gave it one last shot. went for the bag and got it back. the suspect then took off as you can see. police warn this is very dangerous and the victim is really seriously injured. sp suspect are still out. >> get ready for some changes at airport security. even more hands on procedure coming to all airports across the country. >> i'm michael. ask finney is just ahead. i'm still taking your questions. post them and i'll answer them in a few minutes. >> western skies looking

if it's issue with meat, poultry or eggs contact the usda. not pretty at all. : time for a check of the roads. julie wright, my "good morning washington" friends is in. >> between the two of us we have two eyes open. i have one open now. all right. just a reminder "good morning washington" is starting at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow to get you to work if you have to go in tomorrow. we have the latest school closings and the delays at 4:00 a.m. right now drive home as slow on kenilworth avenue at eastern avenue. the stalled weekend at the left lane. we are slow in each direction trying to get to and from northeast washington. on the west side of town. the beltway inner loop is slow from 66 to 270. that is a 30-minute commute on the inner loop. the outer loop we have congestion heading to the springfield interchange. of course, a reminder with the metro rail tomorrow. the trains operate on saturday schedule. that means every 12 minutes. metro bus service going to see changes due to the weather. metro access the service suspended through tuesday afternoon. of course, still w

. >> the usda confirming a second case of bird flu in tennessee, two miles from the farm infected earliermonth. like the first case, this site supplies tyson. tyson says it's coordinating to euthanize the chicken. all of the chicken quarantined, being tested. the company doesn't expect disruptions to its chicken business, still plans to meet customers' needs. nonetheless, shares are down almost 2.5%. we're also seeing pressure on other chicken producers, pilgrim's pride, sanderson farms as well, and that is in part because, as we saw in 2015, contagious, lethal strains of bird flu have the potential to wreak havoc in the poultry industry and spur some trading partners to ban u.s. exports. i'll just note, we're talking about a chicken health issue. at least at this point with this strain, not a human health issue. back to you. >> thank you very much, morgan brennan. >>> this morning, luxury apparel-maker canada goose surging in its ipo debut. this is ceo dani reiss talking to us on this set this last hour. >> it's been a long time in the making. the company's been around for 60 years. the

jessica shaheen of the usda food and nutrition service, emphasized in testimony, and i quote, as vital as the program is to so many and as well as it operates, we can all agree it can co-even better. it is up to all of us, the federal government, the state, and local providers to work together to improve it by holding ourselves accountable. f.n.s. is committed to continually improving the integrity of snap. end quote. opportunities for snap program integrity improvements includes defining clear program goals and met recks that generate program improvement and reduced snap fraud rates through innovative state and federal strategies and technologies. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection wok -- without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise in strong opposition to the american health care act. for the past several weeks i've held six town halls wh

. >> new this morning, the usda is investigating a strain of bird flu found at a chicken breeding facility in tennessee. it does business with tyson foods. tyson foods, the largest chicken producer in the u.s. they will not euthanize more than 73,000 chickens on the farm to contain the virus. this morning, the facility in l lincoln koun tocounty, along wi other facilities in the area are under quarantine. tyson said no sick chickens entered the food chain and no one has gotten sick. more information will be released later today. >> thank you. >>> 5:08 now. pg&e will begin a project to make the environment safer for everyone, removing toxic lead paint from the transmission towers. 6,000 of their 46,000 towers have lead-based paint. the towers are the huge structures that carry large loads of high voltage electricity. workers will use hand held tools and vacuums to remove peeling paint and recoat it with acrylic paint. >>> state and federal officials are visiting the affected flood areas in san jose this week as part of the city's application process to receive emergency funding. abc 7 news

we expect governor perdue to continue to show why he's the best choice to lead the usda and his mark n the coming days. we also announced that prime minister rasmussen of denmark will be visiting the white house on march 30th. we'll have further details on the visit in the upcoming days. tomorrow, the president will host medal of honor recipients and their guests in celebration of medal of honor day which falls on saturday this year. we'll have some more details on that event coming forward. the president intends to be here this weekend. so as we have updates on the president's weekend plans, we'll let you know as well. i'll also note we've got coming up on a deadline related to the keystone pipeline. we'll have an update on that for you tomorrow. and finally, i'm proud to announce that on april 19th, the anniversary of the battles of lexington and concord, the new england patriots will be visiting the white house to celebrate their latest and what will probably be a continuation of many more to come super bowl win. and with that, i will take your questions. jeff mason. >> is this a p

of the fact that the budget that the trump administration put forward did things like eliminate the usda water and sewer as well as the appalachian regional commission that also does some of the things like power grids and broadband. we need to do something to replace those programs if they are going to be eliminated. >> ed: interesting, let's go to the other side. as you know, this is something the president has been pushing in terms of infrastructure, but the price tag has conservatives nervous. >> i completely agree with what she said, and i think this is an incredible opportunity for the president to have a big win. it is going to be a major price tag. after all, our country has been broken with the infrastructure appeared were not just talking about roads, we are talking about bridges, airports, sewage systems, massive, massive infrastructure issues. this is the president's forte. he built his business based on infrastructure and for that, he will be incredibly successful. >> ed: i want to shift topics here because we've got a fox news alert basically with "the new york times" repor

we expect to him to show why he's the best choice to lead the usda. we also announced that prime minister rasmussen of denmark will visit the white house on march 30. we'll have further details on the visit in the upcoming days. tomorrow the president will host medal of honor recipients and their guests in separation of medal of honor day which falls on saturday of this year. we'll have more details on that event coming forward. the president intends to be here this weekend. so as we have updates on the president's weekend plans, we'll let you know as well. i'll also note that we've got coming up on a deadline related to the keystone pipeline. we'll have an update tomorrow. and finally, i'm proud to announce that on april 19 the anniversary of the battles of lexington and concord, the new england patriots will be visiting the white house to celebrate their latest and what will probably be a continuation of many more to come super bowl win. and with that i will take your questions. eporter: patriots question. sean: do you know anything about tom brady's

he was constantly being sent -- constantly corresponding with officials in the usda and was constantly receiving from them different crops that they wanted tested out in california's soil and climate. and they really used rancho chico as one of their early experimental farms at the actually oenld and ran their own. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. we visit the california state university farm. >> it's the number one industry in california yet. and there's 23 csu campuses, only four of them have agriculture. chico represents the northern part of the state. we draw students from all over california. to get experience in agriculture itself. >> and we'll also go inside the chico museum to the historic chinese alter from the chinese temple. watch c-span cities tour of chico, california, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's "book tv" and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> at the white house today, shawn spicer on the investigation being conducted by the house inte

he was constantly being sent and corresponding with the officials in the usda. and was constantly receiving from them different crops they wanted tested out in california 's soil and climate. they really used rancho chico as one of their early experimental farms before they actually owned and ran their own. weon sunday at 2:00 p.m., visit the california state university farm. >> it is the number one industry in california and we're the number one state in the nation in terms of agriculture. canada there are 23 csu campuses. chico represents the northern part of the state, but we have products in people from all over california. >> we will go inside the chico museum to see the historic chinese altar from the 1880 chinese chico temple. saturday at noon eastern on book tv and a sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. tonight on c-span, hillary clinton talks about women leaders at an award ceremony in washington dc. that is followed by the president meeting with manufa

we expect governor sonny purdue to show why he is the best choice to lead the usda and hopefully he will in the next coming days. we also announced earlier this afternoon that prime minister of denmark will be visiting the white house on march 30th. we will have further details on the visit in the upcoming days. tomorrow, the present will host medal of honor recipients and their guests in celebration of medal of honor day which falls on saturday at this year. we will have some more details on that event coming forward. the president intends to be here this weekend as soon as we have updates on his weekend plans, we will let you know as well. i will also note that we've got coming up on a deadline related to the keystone pipeline, we will have an update on that for you tomorrow. finally, i am proud to announce that april 19th, the anniversary of the battles of lexington and concorde, the new england patriots will be visiting the white house to celebrate their latest and what will probably be a continuation of many more to come super bowl win. and with that, i will take your questions. >>

it will rename the usda's women and minorities in stem fields program to the jeannette rankin women and minorities in stem fields grant program. in our time, it is critical that we encourage more women to enter stem fields across this country. in receiving a bachelor's degree in biology before women even had the right to vote, she set an example for those who followed her to follow their passions for science and to achieve impactful leadership roles. as i travel through delaware, one of the consistent messages that i hear from businesses and universities is the need for more engineers. we have a wealth of knowledge in our young girls who are demanding rigorous programs that put them in place for rewarding careers. these types of programs match the enthusiasm with concrete steps towards achieving meaningful career goals that benefit our entire country. my sister, thea, demonstrates the impact of successful stem education from organizations like the farm to advance minority engineers for schoolchildren in delaware to her attending an hcbcu as an engineering major and her career spent serv

the usda boosting its outlook for brazil's soybean production. one export of that modity. u.s. held that title for decades until 2013. rising fly slie has driven prices to a two-month low and hedge funds have cut their bets for a rebound for the third straight week. prices settling. off just a hair. little change at 1006. if you look at oil, some choppy trading today, but what's important to know is oil is still below $50 a barrel. drifting lower. hovering around $48 a barrel. as record u.s. inventories as well as a boost in drilling activity threaten opec's efforts to reduce a global glut. the drilling activity here in the united states. this chart illustrates that nicely. if we can pull it up, it shows rigs which is the white line sharply recovering from their lows last may. may-june of 2016. and they are now at their highest since september of 2015. if you look at oil futures, there is that lower, most recently drop there, last week breaking below $50. that level it had held since opec and the other 11 nations began timing supply on january 1.

he was constantly being corresponding with officials in the usda and constantly receiving from them different props that they wanted tested out in california's soil and climate. and they really use chico as one of their early experimental forms before they actually owned land of their own. >> on sunday at t pat 2 pm eastern on american history tv we visit the california state university farm. >> it's the number one industry in california yet and we're the number one state in the nation in terms of agriculture and there's 23 campuses and only four of them have agriculture and tycho represents the northern part of the state but we draw from all over california the experience in agriculture itself. >> we will also go inside the tycho museum to see the historic chinese altar from 1880 chico chinese temple. watch c-span city tour of tycho california at noon eastern on c-span2's tv and sunday afternoon at 2 pm on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> we are like this morning in the middle east institute in washington dc, the un

he was constantly being sent or constantly corresponding with officials in the usda ask wnd w constantly receiving from them different crops they wanted tested out in california's soil and climate. they really use rancho chico as one of their experimental farms before they actually owned and ran their own. >> at sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. we visit the california state university farm. >> it is the number one entry in california yet. there's 23 krrk srk u campuses and only two have sanctions. we draw students from all over california to get experience in agriculture himself. >> we'll also go inside the chico museum to see the historic halter. watch the cities tour saturday at noon eastern, on c-span 3. >>> c-span's washington journal. live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, new jersey democratic congressman bill pasquale discuss a resolution he initiated to provide the house with president trump's tax returns. then republican concert. and hole breeley. join the discussion. >> announcer: the supreme court ruled 5-3 t

of nevada las vegas where he served as a research director, in 2009 he became chief historian of the usda forest service based in washington, d.c. his duties are white-raging and include directing all aspects of the history program -- his duties are white-ranging and include her acting all aspects of the history, and expert testimony in federal court in developing a strategic vision for history within the land management agencies mission. most recently he served as a legislative affairs specialist acting as a direct liaison between congress and the agency policy, providing critical political advice to leadership and developing an agencywide position. he has a lot to add to this cover system. -- conversation. jeffrey resnick maintains the history of medicine division at the library of medicine and has a highly collaborative portfolio for the nih and national library of medicine. as a social and cultural historian he is the editor of two books published by the manchester university press. prior to joining the national library of medicine, dr. resnick held other positions including director

very interested in the -- you probably answered now, but i'm very interested in the billion ton initiative by d.o.e. and usda. and since you know biomass, that's a phrase i use, you already talked about the ethanols and all those, i imagine you have looked at it for the next steps since you have already handled it. what are challenges that you see right now to move to the next level? because i'm looking into that for the southeast, thinking, you know, we know biomass in the southeast. what will need to happen to be able to start looking into that new economic development? >> yeah. eastern oregon is about -- it is about little bit over 50% of the area is federal land, but over 70% of the forest falls within our national forest. and the capacity has declined substantially over the last 20 years to manage that. and in wallowa county alone, there is about 112,000 acres that broad scientific consensus says is in need of restoration and we're accomplishing about 1500 acres a year. and that has impacted everything that david and i have done because some of the solutions that look good on paper when you're just crun