we have talked a lot about the usda, the food and nutrition service. we will talk of more about what they do. also involved is the national institute of health. the nih is based on disease and medicine, drugs and treatment of diseases. they have a role to play in nutrition as well. the center for disease control and prevention, the cdc, overseas food safety in addition to nutrition issues in the public sector. and of course the fda. those are some of the key agencies you want to keep in mind when we talk about who is regulating and overseeing nutrition. first thing i want to talk about is, how do we know how much of a nutrient to consider? -- to consume? once we have the analysis done of nutrients and food, the next step is to say, we know how much is in the food, how much do i need to eat to prevent from getting a disease? we went back to this idea of a deficiency and started to do research -- okay, if we have this nutrient and we know it causes deficiency disease, let's trace back and figure how much of the nutrient we need to provide to nature of th

. >> the usda says clean your hands before prepping food. keep raw food separate from cooked. cook everything to a safe internal temperature and chill food promptly and properly. >> reporter: whether you're grilling or barbecuing, using a food thermometer is the best way to make sure everything the cooked thoroughly. yet only a third of americans use one. 165 is usually a preferred temperature that you're going to want to get to. >> reporter: george moore is a pit master at a dallas area smoke house. he showed under the circumstances how to get a good read. >> you'll want to stick knit the fattest part of the meat. >> reporter: you can't tell if it's reached a safe internal temperature. >> reporter: the usda reminds that anything perishable should not sit out. >>> i know we're talking about something bad but it's making me really, really hungry. >> you go right ahead. >> take a look at that meat. nothing appealing about it to me. not at all. >>> take a look outside right now. we do have some clearing around the bay. eke see the port of oakland and mount diablo in the distance.

the usda says the products subjected to the recall are stamped est a, a54 inside of the usda mark of spection. >> thanks. >>> every summer foodies land in new york city to try the specialty foods, vegan snacks and enhanced water. it features 180,000 fancy food products competing for buyers from restaurants and food buyers. millennials are the biggest consumers. people of all ages are craving food that's healthy and better for the environment. what kind of products are being featured? almond milk and rice milk. vegan products are big and even noncompliance v -- and even nonvegans are buying vegan items. they're also finding more ways to reach customers from local farmers markets through the internet. shoppers can buy directly from manufacturers themselves. >>> if you like t target, your trip could soon be a lot easier. the retail giant is testing curbside pickup with their employees at stores in minnesota. you place your orders and you do it through the company's website or app and then park in designated spaces near the stores and employees deliver the items to your car. if it works w

since much the usda has blocked 11% of fresh beef from brazil due to safety concerns. as one of the world's leaders in beef production, the united states has a responsibility to set the high standards possible for what we allow in our nation's kitchens, grocery stores, and restaurants. brazil is an important trading partner and we value our mutual beneficial relationships but we cannot allow the substandard with potential health hazards to enter our food supply. i am encouraged by the brazilian beef government's commitment to fixing these issues and look forward to re-establishing relationships with to enter our food supply. i am encouraged by the brazilia as soon as we can be assured that its qualities meet the high standards of the usda. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona, mr. gallego, for five minutes. mr. gallego: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, in 2012 president obama was speaking to some his supporters at minneapolis. they were eagletory know how he was plan to make progress

at noon today, we got the usda reports inting light of the volatility in the grains market.hich wheat, corn, and soybeans all down. total acresheat were going to decline. they did not decline as much as people expected. we saw a decline in corn down 4%, today's biggest commodity loser. julia: we will talk more about this later. joe: those are today's market. julia: euro stockton treasuries rallied after janet yellen signal the fed will not rush to tighten. joining us with more on the market reaction to her testimony carl. oliver and i like your term, pondering the inflation. more like the concerns we are seeing in the market? >> absolutely, the fed and a lot of economists initially where ignoring the signs of disinflation. in march when we got the first data showing cell phone contract prices declining and it looks like a one-off event and drug prices and cell phone prices, and now, we are starting to see more refacing disinflation in the economic data. we will see more evidence of that on friday in the cpi. still know what measures. thehe last couple of weeks, story has bee

the usda estimates the cost of raising a child through age 18 is $233,000. that's diapers, food, nannies, you name it. since he's making the big bucks, we're going to double that figure to nearly a half million dollars. what if they have another child? let's just say it's a cool mil. and we know the cousins' family loves its p ups. $1200 a year a family in america spends on rover, they spend $2,500 a year. let's use the rest of it on lavish vacations. we did it. we spent his money. what's going to happen in 2018? >> what do you think you could do with $24 million? >> i don't know. but i would be paying my agent a lot of almost and of course uncle sam is going to take a lot of that. you're going to have to dial back the house and luxury cars a little bit. >> 5 of them. >> yeah, just tone it down a bit. >> hopefully he has more playing time in him so we can double up on that in subsequent years. >>> coming up, some people say president trump's golf outings are interfering with their recreation. >>> and how other bridal (hard exhalation) honey? can we do this t

encourage americans to call their senators and their representatives to ask them to oppose funding of the usda inspections for horse slaughterhouses. that is being proposed again to alleviate the horse overcrowding problem that exists in the midwest. about 46,000 horses in pens living out their lives there. it cost the taxpayers a lot. the problem is, we are allowing too many ranchers to generous subsidies. cows are destroying our environment. we need a more humane method of controlling the horse population. birth control is feasible. our senators and representatives are about to avoid that humane solution in favor of this i nhmane solution. americans to let their representatives know about it because it will be coming to the house for a vote. if there is a humane alternative, we ought to take it. you raise horses, how did you become such a passionate advocate or this issue? >> i don't personally raise horses. i just know that when they slaughter horses, the slaughterhouses that we have in the united states, up until 10 years ago, were built for cows. horses can move around in the holding pens

the usda says anything perishable should not sit out at room temperature for more than two hours, butr 90 degrees, nothing should be left out for over an hour. >> leave the potato salad inside. >> don't take it out. >> i learned at a restaurant if you do this, if you touch your fingers to your palm, this is not done. use your pinky to touch right there it is hard. interesting. >> you can do that, too. >> besiding ou independence and the fourth of july. >> someone's fireworks diy spla shines a little brighter. >> reporter: you will find a big metal storage container. inside the 86-year-old gets a little giddy. >> i will tell you about it. >> reporter: boxes and boxes full of fireworks. >> i started doing this when i was a kid with them in my hand. now i'm worse than i ever was. >> reporter: he has been the man behind the county's 4th of july fireworks show. >> it is like an umbrella that comes down over the top of you. >> reporter: today he is meeting up with his grandson jeremy. loading them up himself and firing them off. >> it is exciting to see him. he looks around with fireworks i

. >> reporter: the usda re3450i7bds us that everything perishle should not sit out for more than twout with temperatures o 90 degrees, nothing should be left out for more than an hour. don champion, cbs news, dallas. >>> our top stories this morning, nine states failed to pass a budget putting services at risk this holiday week. maine and new jersey began partipar partial shutdowns over the weekend. the shutdowns in new jersey have been mainly felt at recreational areas, but today thousands of programs will be furloughed which means transportation will be stopped. >>> and president trump's escalation with the news media has caused a stir. the president retweeted a video of himself knocking out a man whose head has been replaced by a cnn logo. they believe he's inciting violence against journalists. president trump calls it a harmless bausch. >> coming up on "cbs this morning," a look at a new tv series which is called women revealed. >>> plus why scientists believe this summer could be the worst season for ticks. >>> and -- >> reporter: storms have taken lives and property for centur

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frazee: i think the usda and e.p.a. need to address those issues in small communities like where i'm from. we need help from our government, federal government. mrs. gillibrand: thank you. mr. kricun: thank you. for example, in the instance of lead, i think lead aware seasons very important. we not only need to make sure that we're treating water at the source, the drinking water treatment plants it self, but making sure that the conduits from the plant to the home and also the internal plumbing within the home are also subject to lead plumbing. most homes built prior to 1980 could have leaded soer. even if the water coming from the plant is safe, the children who use the water may be tanlted with lead, the water may be tanlted with lead by sitting overnight in lead plumbing. lead awareness, making sure they're aware of filters or rung the water to reduce the risk -- running the water to reduce the risk. with regard to contaminants and chemicals, i agree with mr. frazee that it's important to have a federal and state ass

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according to the usda's food safety inspection service several customers reported pieces of bones ande in the products. one customer reported a mouth injury. products from papaya king, 1906 premium, western beef, and stew leonard were also recalled for the same reason all the products between june 19th and october 6th were affected there is a new wave of techie toys that can teach your kids the fundamentals of coding and robotics without them knowing it.. some parents are using these smart toys to help keep their kids learning and sharp through the summer months. kron 4's tech reporter gabe slate shows us. nats - cosmo this is kinora, she is ten years old, she is playing with one of hottest robots on the market cosmo. nats - cosmoit's a fun a techie toy but also an introduction into the world of engineering. the bot comes with an app that let's her control what cosmo does she is programing it and through this proccess learning the basics of robotics and coding this smart toy and others like it can help your kids get a jump start on learning to write code. sound from: hanns tappeiner,

according to the usda's food safety inspection service several customers reported pieces of bones andartilage in the products. one customer reported a mouth injury. products from papaya king, 1906 premium, western beef, and stew leonard were also recalled for the same reason all the products between june 19th and october 6th were affected (jr stone) police in the north bay tell us tonight they are still searching for a woman who ripped off high school band members at a bake sale it happened outside of oliver's market in cotati monday. this is video showing the woman walking around the store before going outside to the bake sale. she is identified as 41-year-old michelle kruse. police say she used a fake 100 dollar bill to buy baked treats. the students then gave her 80 dollars in change. the money raised is going towards a disneyland trip for the marching band at rancho cotate high school. (sot) at one point one of the students realized the money was fake he chased her as she sped away in her dark colored, older model honda. if you recognize her call cotati police. (justine) coming up

as his club hosts the women's national open championship here, but it is not without controversy, the usda 2011, but that was before he decided to campaign for the presidency, they have been receiving a lot of pressure to move the championship to another golf course, last october, three democratic senators wrote letters, demanding that they move the championship after the infamous access hollywood tapes came out, after trump made the comments about women, they claim that the usga executive director told board members that they could not move this championship to another golf course because the president threatened to sue them, in a statement, he said "as a member of policy, the terms of our contract are confidential and accordingly, the usda will not comment." they say that they will be here this weekend, including a plane fly over with a banner, dump trump, it is unclear how close they can get to property, considering there will be a no-fly zone. >> bill: i am sure that the players are being asked about this, how are they answering? >> they are, 155 players, and so far, none of them have

some of those follow-on moves from the usda. scarlet: what'd you miss?anet yellen raised uncertainty on inflation, but she said she expects the economy to grow, saying expansions do not die of old age. joe: our next guest does not see a hike in september, but possibly want in december, and only if inflation picks up. joining us is an pimco. an advisor for pimco. we just wrapped up two days of janet yellen's testimony. what is the biggest thing you learned from her appearance on capitol hill? guest: i did not learn a lot of things from yellen's testimony, so i think she was steady as she goes. i think she made it clear what the fed's game plan is, repeating what was said earlier. the game plan is to focus on balance sheet runoff, quite likely that they will announce this in september for an october start. the other message was not really surprising. they are still looking to hike rates one more time, but it will inflation, andon i think there is a low inflation problem for the feds. yellen said there were probably someone offs in the data that explained p

you have to look for the usda seal to be sure. >>> confederate flag and a violent outburst leave a fire house divided. >> jim and wendy standing by with the newsroom with a look at the story they're working on. >> this began with an argument over a confederate flag sticker on one firefighter's pickup truck. it escalated into alleged threats and now a legal battle. >> news 4 pat collins is working on this story for you tonight, still ahead, what we're learning about the threat, whether they ev danger and what's happening next. >> also tonight at 5:00, how much do we love this fixture. it is a battle for the history for our nation's capitol. >> amc wants to remove the old sign, that iconic sign on connecticut avenue. coming up why neighbors are fighting so hard to keep it. >> plus the latest on developments out of the white house right now where there has been yet another staff shakeup. >> another day, another shakeup. we'll see you soon with those stories and more. >> you've got it. that sign -- >> the uptown. >> it's on maryland monroe on the building. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> yeah. >

it was started by the national dairy board started by the usda. ry group that is government-sponsored, that is basically working with people, taking a cut from dairy and helping get product elsewhere. i love how you guys describe it, the cheese illuminati. jillian exactly, the guiding : hand, the secret organization behind everything that you eat. oliver: that is a good way to describe it because i did not know it existed. carol: me either. oliver: when you think about poverty emerging recently, they are behind a lot of them. jillian about the development of : the quesolupa, which you may of heard about at the super bowl, they debuted it with a huge ad campaign featuring george tokai. they sold 75 million of them in four months. these are chalupas with a full ounce of cheese. oliver: we could do a whole show on etymology of the word. jillian: there is a lot to unpack. carol: it took time, energy, and know how to figure out how to pack so much cheese in this. jillian this is something that : taco bell have been working on for 10 years before gary --

last friday we got the usda report and the spread in acreage between soy and corn was the narrowest since 1980's. some people thought there would be more soy than corn, but it didn't quite happen. what is driving that trend? >> money. simple. its profits. wethe beginning of the year, were making money. look what happened to wheat. that just happened to soybeans. it looks like -- farmers fast can recompose an acre from corn to soy to respond to price signals? >> within a year. that's why agriculture is such a good indication of overall commodities. they? how close are across the board, i am thinking if you got caught short like this, could you hedge in something else to create a spillover effect? >> that's what you are seeing in spring wheat. people can't get what they want so they go to what we call chicago wheat, the deepest market in the world. they are highly correlated. and there is feed wheat. feeding wheat to animals, it's the sign of a bit of a bottom. joe: great stuff. if you want volatility, just look at the ad market. bloomberg intelligence commodity strategist, thank you very m

it was started by the national dairy board started by the usda.his industry group that is government-sponsored, is basically working with people, they are taking a cut from dairy and helping get product elsewhere. i love how you guys describe it, the cheese illuminati. jillian: exactly. it is the guiding hand. the secret organization behind everything you eat. wayer: it is kind of a good you described it because i did not know it existed. at the end of the day when you think about the products that emerged recently -- >> we talked about the case of the quesolupa, which you may of heard about at the super bowl, they debuted it with a huge ad campaign featuring george takei. they sold 75 million of them in four months. these are chalupas with a full ounce of cheese. oliver: we could do a whole show on etymology of the word. jillian: there is a lot to unpack. >> it is interesting, and it took some time, energy, and know how to figure out how to pack so much cheese in this. >> exactly, and this was something taco bell has been working on for 10 years

the recall is only four stores in new york, new jersey and connecticut the usda said there's no confirmed of any adverse reactions. >>> if you are planning to watch fireworks from the alameda county fair tonight, you may want to get there early. coming up, why organizers are planning to close the gates hours before the fireworks show starts. >> this competition it brings back that sense of self-worth, that sense of prey. we will take you to the warrior games as a wounded veterans show us that anything is possible. >>> major cuts are coming. we will have more on the furloughs happening for workers. >>> not a lot of change expected for your holiday forecast. that means fog for the evening fireworks but you will look at what you can expect, coming up. >>> police in san francisco investigating a robbery at a popular tourist attraction. the san francisco chronicle said three sightseers from another part of the area were in san francisco saturday night taking pictures at the twin peaks over the. around 10:30 pm, a man approached them and said he had a gun and robbed them of a camera, a lens and

>> i think the savings act needs to be pushed by the usda and the epa. and word needs to be out and we need to get the financing to help out areas like the area i live in. you know, there's no funding there and we're kind of looked past. >> very good. now we'll turn to senator cardin, who has been a great champion on the water issues. again, i had the opportunity to sort of be -- i was his ranking member a couple -- >> i really do appreciate your commitment to water infrastructure. my staff has told me that most of the points that i wanted to get response from witnesses have already been made. thank you. our chairman has taken the leadership on additional tools to modernize our water infrastructure. in maryland i could tell you about major water main breaks every day. i could tell you one river road in montgomery county was a river and people had to be rescued through helicopters. i could tell you about the washington beltway having to be closed downtown baltimore, having to have detours because of water main breaks. that's all since i've been in the sen

yesterday, the appropriations committee -- there was about, 27-25 of reinstating the usda inspectionsslaughterhouses for horses. passes,egislation 90,000 horses will be killed and inhumane way. i want the american people to hear this story and call their representatives and tell them that they do not want their senators to pass this immediatelyon the floor members and their senators because there are humane alternatives. there is birth control that can be given by the dlm in the western states to our wildhorse population. then, we will not have the accumulation of horses living out of visible -- living out miserable lives. if this legislation passes, them being killed for horsemeat, for dog food, and for glue and so on. host: thank you for sharing that story with us. this is the headline from rollcall, speaker right on the have stress coat. time to modernize. cnn has this headline -- paul ryan has the woman's right to bear their arms on capitol hill. what is this about? [video clip] >> i will be honest, this is not something i was covered in my orientation ceremony. the sergeant of ar

and if it says organic, you want to look for this seal, the usda organic seal. is ensures it wasn't given antibiotics or hormones. monica. >> good advice. thank you ali. >>> a couple from bucks county taking their family to kenya to help bring clean water to the families who live there in need. chris and ashley are founders of ekenwa a nonprofit organization working to improve the quality of life for school children in kenya. this is not their first time there but they plan to drill wells and provide clean water to schools in the city. they hope the clean water will help kids avoid water born parasites and illnesses that interfere with education. >> we've been doing short term trips starting in 2011 up until now and we we saw the need for us to go full time was imperative because of the shortage of water that happened this year. >> they also want people back here in the u.s. to help with a selfie challenge over the next four weeks they're encouraging folks to donate $10 to the organization and then take a selfie with a water bottle like this one and tag three fri

bone fragments in the packages were distributed across the country and have the number 8854 inside the usdapection mark. >> and it is hot dog season in my house and i would think so many homes across america right now. >> absolutely. >> if you have those, throw them away or return them to the store that you bought them. >>> we begin this half hour with the new twist in the case of a mother who vanished in a boating incident in the bahamas. >> court records show her new husband asked officials to declare her quote presumed dead just days after she disappeared. stephanie ramos joins us here in the studio with details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan and paula. it's been two months since isabella hellman disappeared. last month, he was listed as being under investigation. but insists he woke up to find her gone. this morning, newly released information raising questions, and placing the spotlight o once again. new court documents show lewis bennett requested a letter from the coast guard stating that his 41-year-old wife, isabella hellman be presumed dead. the coast guard wrote to

. >> the the usda reminds anything pe perishable should nt sit out for more than two hours, but in temperaturesur. don champion, "eyewitness news." >> pets are most not fans of fireworks, so tomorrow could be a stressful time. loud fireworks could scare off your four electric friends, no surprise, shelters tends to see an increase in lost animals after the july 4th holiday. all-in-all make sure your pet is comfortable during the celebrations specially if they're not home with the animal. >> if you go to watch the fireworks show you might enclose them in kennel or room that feels safe, play some music, radio, that will drown out some of the noisement even if your pet is not normally escape artist keep an eye on them, they might get lost accidentally out of fear. >> pet owners should also make sure their pets are wearing their identification, especially, during this time of year. you can also get your animals micro chipped, at your local vet's office. >> good idea there, carol err he can some all talking about that, and we will be right back with three to go. ♪ having a baby. caring for your pare

the usda reaching -- calling on wheat and soybeans extending supplies. than anticipated. own some 4%, taking some of the heat out of this market. still watching weather on this subject. prepared testimony released from janet yellen on when inflation will pick up. it might be a more dovish read. oil prices spiking after reports oil numbers.y stockpiles falling to their lowest since november 2015. overall production was up again. u.s. production added 23-year high. u.s. production only telling part of the story on that point. ongoing struggle to curb production, specially with nigeria and iran. the secretary-general believes balance can be achieved. he spoke to bloomberg in istanbul. >> we would like to see an orderly recovery that would not theupt, significantly, influence in the market, which is a difficult process. it is longer than expected because the change in fundamentals. scarlet: breaking news on oil. nigeria will support a cap on its oil production. the nigerian minister says the country will support a cap on its oil production, perhaps removing some of the glut co

state department and the usda program that is are the foreign assistance tools that advance the goals of combatting terrorism and violent extremism actually in line with our very own policy. >> thank you for the question, senator. i have spent time in bureaucracies, and in my experience, it's usually the case that they can afford to tighten the belt a bit. now, as far as the overall state department budget is concerned, senator, congress has the power of the purse under the constitution. so congress will have to decide the levels at which it wishes to fund these activities. >> my problem with the answers is you all want to kick the ball to someone else. but the nominations are, in essence, part of the policy decision making. you'll be in a room to be able to advocate on the interagency issues. so saying that congress has the power of the purse, i'm fully aware of that. the question is, what is your advocacy at any point in time? are these the essential programs necessary as secretary mattis said, these are how we ight the idealogues. this is a secretary general. i would like to get be

i can tell you i was pleased by secretary perdue and the usda's decision to allow impacted producers to best use the conservation reserve program acreage for grazing, but i believe montana producers are unable to sleep at night for fear of losing the family farm. they deserve more support from those who have benefited from their legacy of hard work. i have and will continue to hold the usda's feet to the fire, urging additional emergency relief for farmers and ranchers. i have been engaging with montana farmers and ranchers most recently with local officials on the phone literally last night from garfield county, talking with folks on the ground of what the lack of rain has meant for them. i understand the severity of the drought and this risk of wildfires. let me tell you something. wildfires are all too common for those of us who live in montana. hundreds of fires burn through montana's forests every year, with countless firefighters fighting to protect lives and property. and year after year, i will come down here, you will hear me speak on the floor, you will hear me in our commit

you know, some may call breakfast the most the usda 20% of americans skip breakfast.>> how do you do that. >> you can spend $3 a day eating out $21 a week. completely adds up like a thousand dollars a year. however if you make it yourself you'll tsetse significant savings. you want to know how much? >> how much. show me the money! >> drum roll, please. >> here we go. >> $1 a day. all right. i'm going to show you how you can do a dollar a day. >> all right. thank you very much. i need this. all right. now we also can be healthier when you make it yourself. >> absolutely. so you're going to save time, right. you'll save money and it's going to be healthier so one of the things that research tells us is when people eat out they tend to take in more saturated fats, added sugars and salts. cooking ahead on your own is >> all right. so you'll give us examples here. this is all the rage. this overnight oats. >> yeah, it's fantastic. what i've done here is i've used earl grey tea in place of water and elevates the flavor. gives you a little citrus lemony flavor. it's fantasti

the usda says four steps to keep food safe from bacteria that can make you sick. separately cook and chill, also important when cooking, is to use a food thermometer. the centers for disease control and prevention they estimate one out of six americans can get sick from food poisoning every year. and for more information how to keep your food safe, log on to food safety.gov. >>> and you don't think people have peed in a pool, think again. recent research, environmental science and technology letters, discovered about one in five americans admit to peeing in the pool. scientists figured this out by measuring levels of an artificial sweetener found in soup, diet sodas and other items, the ingredient doesn't occur in nature. and most of it passes straight through the body and making a good indicator that there are urine levels in your pool party. they found on average, there were eight gallons of urine in a 110,000-gallon pool. >> i think it is one of the studies that you can file under do we really have to study that? >> and go to a kitty pool, it is pretty obvious.

feeling an expression of dissatisfaction, of being left out of the economic growth of the country and being abandoned. both usda and hud have played an important role in different aspects of rural housing. how do you see hud's response and responsibility to rule over america's housing needs? >> well, we actually have a very strong relationship between hud and department of agriculture. recognizing that, you know, we have joint interests. and we're looking at ways to amalgamate those interests in a most efficient way. interestingly enough, there are more severely affected people in terms of housing in our metropolitan city areas than there are in the rural areas. but that doesn't mean that they're any less important. and we are going to continue to focus on that. you had your 515 program through department of agriculture. you have our various housing and rental assistance programs. and again, we're looking at ways to streamline and maximize the effectiveness of that so that we can actually help more rather than less people. >> okay, thank you. hud plays several important roles in fair housing and equal opportuni

the budget would reduce usda rural development fund big $9.2 million, approximately 30%. this is vital in areas like my district in the virgin islands where the elimination of rural business cooperative services and rural water and wastewater disposal programs. the budget would zero out important rural housing assistance such as single family housing direct loans. would slash funding for rural broadband, distance learn, telemedicine, and needed community facilities improvement. mr. speaker, these are in rural areas that mr. president, president trump, won in the election. you would think he would want to support these rural communities n areas of housing, the most american of american ideals. home ownership. in the labor department, the budget would reduce labor department investments by $2.4 billion, including large cuts to job corps, job corpses, a place that would allow young people to have -- job corps, a place that would allow young people to have training for jobs. to prepare disadvantaged youth, youth we say we are concerned about, those are the individuals going to

president the civil rights program has, quote, been seriously mismanaged, thereby compromising the civil rights of usda employees, end quote. just last month, the special counsel's office wrote again to the president finding, quote, the office of the assistant secretary for civil rights has taken positive steps to improve etc. performance, based on the significant number of cases that is still the subject of delays we have determined that the agency response is unreasonable. usga may need to devote more resources to the office to ensure that cases are promptly processed and hold senior supervisors accountable for management in this office. since findings are not to be tolerated and highlight why this bill, h.r. 702, the federal employee anti-discrimination act, is urgently needed this measure would require that the head of an agency's program report directly to the head of the agency himself or herself. the measure would also require that an agency's e.e.o. program be operated independently of its human resources or general counsel offices. ensuring that the e.e.o. program is focused solely on protecti

questions the automated commercial environment which is the new automated import tracking system to track products that are certified organic under usda organic standards. i think you for including the language and i yield back. >> i also want to thank the ranking member in support of the managers amendment for editing language to encourage tsa to continue to move in the direction of making sure the airports across the country are working towards developing better interoperability as well as integrated airport centers. i'm sure you remember in january when my home airport had a shooter who had a firearm in their bank and open fire in the baggage claim area killing five people and wounding 13 others. one of the items they're looking at and have been examining dealing with the public area security is making sure there's a better coordination across the country in interoperability and operation centers. there's language in the bill that encourages that. all those in favor, ci. all those opposing a. yeses have it. the amendment is approved. >> i have an amendment at the desk. >> the clerk will read. >> and amendment offered. >> consider r

the kitchen at picnics and cook out food born illness may increase. >> reporter: harmful bacteria can multiply more quickly when it is hot outside. usda says stay safe, clean your hand before prepping food keep raw food separate from cook, cook everything to a safe internal temperature and chill food promptly and presently. whether you are grilling in the backyard or barbecuing in a professional smoker, experts say using a food thermometer is the best way to make sure that everything is cooked thoroughly, and yet only a third of the americans use one >> 165 is usually a preferred temperature thaw will want to get there. >> reporter: george moore is pit master at a dallas area smoke house and showed us thousand get a good read. >> stick it in the fattest part of the meat which is where you can get most accurate reading of your internal temperature. >> you cannot tell by looking at it fit is reached, internal temperature and that magic number is only way to be sure you have killed any bacteria that might be present. >> reporter: usda says anything perishable should not sit out for more than two hours but in temperatures over 90 degrees,

specifically our bill will create grants at the c.d.c., n.i.h. and usda to fund heart-health research and promotion among south asian populations. we hope through doing this that we can help save lives, develop tools and support valuable research that can broadly benefit the american public. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? without objection. mr. lamalfa: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm pleased that the house is able to pass the extension of the veterans' choice act, funding for an additional six months, to allow veterans to have choices, the ability to not wait in long lines, long lists, and have local proximity to treatment and care that they need. we need to do much more on this in the future, but with today's action, at least we can sustain that program for an additional amount of time and serve our veterans who served us so well. veterans' choice act is a good outlet, a good opportunity, for them to receive the care they need, timely