when the usda number came in, the markets went down.f traders were expecting something lower. mutual hasrus reacted, saying the usda numbers are unreliable. it is going to be worse. either way, you are going to have problems with orange juice supplies and prices. florida is the largest u.s. producer. california does not grow the right oranges to make up for it. brazil cannot make up all of the supply shortfall. the markets did not know who to believe because the usda said it is the worst in more than seven decades but the florida growers say the situation is even worse. shery: it is not only about orange. it is also cotton and other crops being affected. >> you saw citrus production go down across the board. grapefruit is down, cantaloupe is down. those are publicly traded markets so you do not see markets reacting the same way. cotton is interesting because cotton get a lot of publicity during hurricane harvey since harvey affected mainly texas, the largest producer. texas is a big states he did not see it production number affected ov

the property is currently administered by usda's natural resources conservation service and is being co-managed under a cooperative agreement. the cooperative agreement dates back to 1996. since that time the riverside corona resource conservation district has invested $2.8 million into the property with the hopes that nrcs would transfer the ownership. this provides natural resource conservation through education, collaboration and technical assistance in southern california. mr. speaker, i support this legislation and urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this measure and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ohio yields back her time. the gentleman from arkansas. mr. crawford: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. calvert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. calvert: thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to urge the house to approve h.r. 3567, a necessary and long overdue piece of legislation. this is straightforward, commonsense b

the usda predicted 871 year low on the florida orange crop. last time the crop was this small in 1947, farmers did not irrigate their crops. this is a different era. we have not seen this before with oranges. futures went down today. the region for that is because florida citrus mutual, a growers group in florida, said the damage was going to be worse. since the usda has -- report has come down, florida citrus mutual has criticized the department saying the report came out too soon. we do not know the full extent of the damage. they are expecting a smaller crop. they think this bearish forecast does not adequately account for the damage that has been done by the hurricane. crop reports or updates could leave those futures pretty volatile. i want to move onto cotton. they were hurt more in georgia than in texas where does that create any kind of dislocation? alan: this is an interesting story developing it and cotton. chronologically, hurricane harvey came first. everyone was wondering about the tech is cotton crop. -- texan cotton crop. their

and we will continue to work with fema, h.u.d., the small business administration, and the usda to ensure that those affected in my state will get all the relief that is necessary. congress needs to fund programs like the community development block grant and section 8 housing to help affordable housing for low and middle class residents. they need the help to find affordable housing. californians facing affordable housing crisis like many other states in our country, and this is something that has been highlighted by the devastation that these various states and territories have experienced recently, but it is an ongoing issue that we must deal with. and we cannot stop there. we need larger supplemental emergency packages that include helping california. and this has to be a long-term commitment. california is experiencing the worst fires in history, and they are becoming more frequent. in the 1980's, fires burnt and wildfires burnt under 25 acres on average. now typical wildfires will burn over 100 acres. california's 2017 fire season has not yet ended, and it has already burned more ac

paycheck you don't have any money to buy food and therefore the financial assistance from fema and the usda and yet you want to see the line in miami and orlando and tampa and belgrade. then they are cutting off the lines and the people that are getting cut out or going without food. so, we've got a long way to go. the usda supplemental nutrition assistance program is supposed to help all of our people recover from losses incurred by hurricane irma by making short-term assistance available. it's especially important for families that are low income that don't have income or they are not getting a paycheck and now they are saddled with unexpected repairs, a storm damaged roof, they spend money evacuating or lost wages during the storm, or they lost power and lost all the foodre in their freezer. some people do go by and buy food in bulk because they can get it cheaper and store it in the freezer and then it's all gone because there's no power. there were 50,000 people waiting at a center in south florida, and many were turned away for waitinwaiting and the sheets fos and hours. and then the

conducted analysis and we learned programs during that time account for about 10% of all the food shipped for usda and usaid. we discovered that over the period u.s. flag carriers were 18%-51% more expensive per metric ton than foreign flag carriers in the usaid programs, there is a little bit year by just like carriers were 80-162% more per metric ton than forth more per metric ton than forth like carriers for usda programs. if u.s. like carriers have matched the average foreign flag rate in each of these years we would've spent 23.8 million less in shipping during this three-year time frame would get low back of the envelope map everything that comes out to about half a million additional emergency food aid recipient who we could have helped. annual congressional appropriations pay for shipping, whether u.s. or foreign flag, as part of our nation's response to hunger and poverty around the world. extra money spent on shipping is money not spent feeding hungry people. i am not qualified to judge whether the cargo preference requirement achieves the necessary nationals could be objective of mainta

the usda will give the first forecast on the citrus production which is expected to be the lowest since the 1940s. california has also suffered losses due to weather. the state's naval orange crop is expected to be about 11% lower than it was last year. >> a lot of wuomen, men, certainly no coach, but the company is going to be going by a new name. fill us in. >> yeah, that's very right. the reviews are mixed. coach announcing that it's going to rebrand itself as tapestry. but the company's ceo is downplaying the backlash saying the coach brand isn't going away and the new name reflects all of the brands that it owns. and wall street could take a step back today after the markets closed at records highs yesterday. investors are reacting from last month's fed meeting which suggests they're being cautious about the next interest rate hike which was expected back in september. >>> coming up, from fender bender to murder investigation, a father shares the moments he learned a minor crash ended with his 19-year-old son shot to death. paulsboro's a very proud community. it's been on the decli

it's one of the top ways to make sure that happens. usda provides critical support and capital to expand broad band access. we need the to strengthen the tools b available to extend high speed internet to every corner of the country. we also need to continue investing in other forms of infrastructure. it's unacceptable that there are small towns that cannot afford to modernize their water systems. small businesses need access to capital as well. while also offering new employment opportunities for the community at large. in michigan, agricultural and manufacturing are the heart of our economy. we don't have a middle class unless we make things and grow things. instead of using petroleum, companies are creating new product frs american grown crops. the benefit is twofold. new markets for farmers and new jobs. additionally, the farm bill invests in renewable energy, which also leads to job creation. there are now 92,000 clean energy jobs in michigan alone. the popular energy for america helps producers and businesses lower their bills through

you are said and usda administer food programs to the debate of transportation. is responsible for monitoring usaid and usda adherence in cargo preference requirements. our remarks address three topics. first, cargo preference impact on food aid. second, the extent to which preference contributes to sea lift capacity. and third, recommendations. we found that cargo preference increased the cost of shipping food aid for usaid and us dshs a but $107 million from april 2011 through september 2014. farm flag vessel charged on average 25% less for shipping than u.s. flag vessels. according to to dot, this difference is due to several factors including higher crew, may not innocence and over head cost. we found that u.s. da paid higher shipping ralts and used fewer farm flag vessels. because of differing applications of requirements between the two agencies. according to to the law, compliance for cargo premps is trapped by geographic area. this term is not defined. pursuant to a court order, usda must measure compliance on a country by country basis. forcing them to us

most assuredly on the local level to ensure our programs are working together. >> so usda determines how the commodities are actually sourced, is that correct? mr. nims: correct. they are our contractor. in this particular case of the specialized nutrition products, usaid food for peace, we purchase those directly ourselves. >> where do you get those? is there any incentive to try and buy those foods in countries that are developing nations that are beginning a food program to help reinforce what they're trying to do? >> we would be using our international disaster assistance fund to do that and there are cases if there are companies or facilities overseas outside of europe that are able to produce a product that meets the requirements of say the united nations unicef or some of our partners, we would look to purchase locally those products as well. there are at least three, i believe, plants in africa that can produce a comparable product and we have purchased those, our partners have purchased those using international disaster assistance nunds our program. >> that is exactly the ge

the usda is there. the passport area is amay gl mi busy. local city, state and fema are packed. 100 people waiting to talk to fe fema. getting to every single one of them. absolutely stunning. one of the things we've been hearing a lot of, people are concerned, how are they going to get through this financially? we have shelley weber here, a certified -- let me call you on over here. thank you. a certified consumer councilsel you're with balance. you say don't pull out your credit card first. what should you do then? >> right, think of other things you do, we you're nervous, scared, going to pull out the credit cards, think this is the help, don't want to regret it two months from now. if there's anything you can lower in your expenses, look at your paychecks, temporarily stop your 401(k) contributions. expecting a tax refund next year, maybe adjust withholding announces to get more money in your paycheck now. if you do have credit card debts, go ahead and call your credit card companies and ask them, can you lower your interest rate, lower

that's way we've written the usda asking that they use all available resources to get food to the people of puerto rico. it's an all hands on deck situation. congress has responsibility to act. that's why sent a letter to leader mcconnell speaker right asking for in a package and fund community development block grants. and authorize such as the emergency funded needed to save lives, but the assistance needed for full recovery. we must give them the tools to rebuild. it means making sure their financial control board gives the governor flexibility to spearhead this recovery. board members should be on the island assessing the damage speaking to the survivors. allowing a governor to create a new budget that reflects their post maria reality. damage estimates could be as high as 90 billion. so enabling flexibility is critical going forward. said it before, the people puerto rico must come before wall street creditors. as it turns out it's an area where we can find common ground. last night he called for puerto rico's debt to be wiped out. i hope all of us in the fiscal control board can wo

the usda releasing its first report on the florida citrus production, estimates for the 2017-2018 season this is the first report since hurricane irma swept through the state of florida and did extensive damage to the citrus crop last month. the florida orange crop will be the smallest since 1947. huge losses. this of course due to that hurricane irma, as i mentioned, but florida's agriculture department just earlier this week had estimated the yield would actually be even lower the lowest since 1942. so presumably this forecast, really rough not quite as bad as anticipated and that is the reason the november contract for o.j. futures are trading lower right now. they're down about 2%. keep in mind we have seen this contract move. it's up about 15% over the past two months and at cnbc reported last night, some experts are still warning that fresh o.j. prices at supermarkets are expected to climb. back over to you. >>> we are just getting started on "the halftime report. here's what else is coming up. >>> our call of the day. one tech stock that surged more than 130% this year. oppenheime

that's why we have written the usda, asking that they use all available resources to get food to the people of puerto rico. this is an all-hands-on-deck situation for the federal government. but congress also has a responsibility to act. that's why i sent a letter to leader mcconnell and speaker ryan urging they bring forward an emergency supplemental aid package and to fund community development block grants for disaster recovery. it's up to us here in congress to immediately authorize not just the emergency funding needed to save lives in puerto rico, but also the assistance needed for a full-powered recovery. we must give puerto ricans the tools to rebuild. that means making sure that puerto rico's financial control board gives the governor flexibility to spearhead this recovery. board members of that control board should be on the island, assessing the damage, speaking to the survivors, allowing governor rossello to create a new budget that reflects puerto rico's post-maria reality. the damage by some experts could be as high as $90 billion, so adjusting expectations and enabling

we learned that programs during that time with all the food shipped for usda and usaid and we discoverhat over the period from the u.s. flag carriers were 18 to 15% than foreign flag carriers the year by year and they were 80 to 162% then usda programs. if u.s. flag carriers have matched the average foreign flag rate in each of these years, we would have spent 23.8 million months in shipping during this three-year period and we did a little back of the envelope math and we think that comes up to about half a million additional emergency food aid recipient we could've held. annual congressional appropriations pay for shipping with a u.s. or foreign flag as part of our nation's response to hunger and poverty around the world. extra money spent on shipping is money not spent feeding hungry people. i'm not qualified to judge whether the cargo preference requirement to choose the necessary national security objective of maintaining sea lift with a laudable goal of providing jobs tied to that capacity. however we are catholic relief services deeply appreciate the service and sacrifice of mar

on the agricultural front, we have mosaic and that are both corning, as we see climb after the latest usda crop report. monsanto participating in the ad rally as well. -- ag rally as well. u.s. steel is higher. you see eclipse as an iron ore producer surging more than 9%. it has to do with china, as you just heard mark talking about what happened with china imports, specifically iron ore imports. take a look at the bloomberg. we have iron ore imports, the white line surging 100 million to a record that surpasses the previous set in 2015. china has been placing some restrictions on steelmaking in for pollution related reasons, to reduce pollution. there's demands now for higher great iron ore from abroad. china is also restricting domestic steelmaking, not just for pollution reasons, but there is less steelmaking going on in china right now. they are importing higher grades. you have iron ore at various prices on the bottom. it not been doing well recently, but now seeing a rebound on this and then trickling through to the steelmakers an iron ore producers as well. the ecb could be inching

that would mean taking the additional funding for the usda emergency community water system program, and certainly would mean making additional community development block grants available for communities that have been impacted by these fires. so let's not forget those communities as we provide assistance and funding to the communities affected by the hurricanes. then we also need to address the fact that many assets in our forests were scorched by these fires. trails that have to be repaired, roads that have to be repaired, watershed repairs to avoid landslides, facilities that were scorched and burned, wildlife and fish management restoration, including critical areas. i was up visiting the incredible waterfall, montnoma falls. there are several trails that have bridges, as there are many trails that have bridges in oregon, and that the fire had burned some of the understructure. from the falls, it looked like the bridge was safe. they weren't safe. they can't reopen those trails until they get support to do all this rare. and the forest service has estimated it will take $150 mil

today the usda which wallace headed for three years, staff was instructed in the past month to avoid using the words climate change and use instead the phrase weather extremes. instead of the official correspondence greenhouse gases, they should refer to increase nutrient use efficiency. in these orwellian phrases, wallace would have heard echoes of the political campaign in russia in the 1940's against science-based agriculture that ruined russian research and genetics in crop yields for decades. in this country, scientific integrity will win out. climate change deniers will continue to be overtaken by facts. and hopefully as we have seen in the budget process this year, there are signs of a returned bipartisanship for decades that once characterized environmental protection. good science was a hallmark of the new deal. the silver lining that will come out of this extremely politicized nation of science by the current administration will be a new supporters for science and -- a new generation of supporters for science. what could be in need of revival is u.s. global leadership. what

and so we spent a little bit of time in 2010 trying to develop with the usda, this is how you make your yields of other crops more productive. but until the u.s. -- or until the afghan government has a secure hold on the country, and they can say, hey, this is illegal and therefore your next best alternative is this other -- this other crop, they're probably not going to change, because in the end, these are families that have existed. they don't want the government to be involved in their life. they have existed for a long time. providing for their own families. they don't have anybody to fall back on. and if opium is how they get to that, they're probably going to continue growing opium until something tells them they can't. >> david, do you want to take either of the other two questions? >> very quickly, since one was posed to me directly. i'll say that we don't know for sure what the afghan political system would say about a long-term security partnership. i'm not proposing a treaty, but a long-term partnership. i think it would be good to put it to the test politically within afgha

>> the usda is expected to provide its first forecast for citrus, for florida citrus production many allest crop since the 1940s. storm damage to florida's crop coupled with decline in fresh citrus production is expected to result in higher prices for oranges this season at the supermarkets before hurricane irma florida was expected to harvest more than 75 million boxes worth of oranges. one strayed group estimates that's more than cut in half and that could raise prices as much as $2 a pound. florida's governor is asking congress to provide disaster assistance to orange growers. >> i love our viewers. rob nichols, the american bankers association, they always weigh in to let us know about when things were right he says millennials 1981 to 2001 most commonly used >> thing, rob nichols for correcting my -- >> our viewers know everything but they write in to tell us about things including the -- >> generation z is what my hopes and dreams are -- that's -- they're going to have to save us. >> your children we all look toward our children to save us >>> facebook announcing a cheaper versi

the food for peace program and the mcgovern dole food for education managed by usda. due to the cargo preference requirement, 50% of the food shipped must be on u.s. flag vessels. we reviewed the shipping history for crs food assisted programs in the fiscal years fy 2013, foirn, 2015, we went through the bills of lading and conducted analysis and we learned that programs during that time period accounted for about 10% of all the food shipped for slau and usaid and we discovered that over the period u.s. flag carriers were 18% to 51% more expensive per melt trick ton than foreign carriers. and u.s. flag carriers were 80 to 162% more per metric ton than foreign flag carriers for usda programs. if u.s. flag carriers had matched the average foreign flag rate in each these years, we would have spent 23.8 mmm less for shipping. and we did a little back of the envelope map and we think that comes out to about $500,000 in food'd they'd we could have helped. extra money spent on shipping is money not spent feeding hungry people. i'm not qualified to judge whether the cargo pref

the problem. there was no alternative to that. and so we spent time in 2010 tried to develop with usda how you make your yields of other crops more productive. until the u.s. -- until the afghan government -- we will have to leave this event and go live to the house as they are coming in for general speeches. live to the house floor. e speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. october 10, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable brian k. fitzpatrick to act as peaker pro tempore on this day. january 3, january 3, 2017, th chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally al low created between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut, mr. ourtney, for five minutes. mr. courtney: thank

some lawmakers want to end recent usda rules on the number of birds per minute that workers can process. this could have a big impact at local plants. proponents say the change would cut costs and help the industry compete. critics say the move would endanger workers and jeopardize food safety because the workers are the first to spot unacceptable birds. poultry line workers are more likely to be injured on the job than most other online workers because they use sharp tools at high speeds. >> it's a story you saw first on 4. ford making major changes after a news 4 consumer investigation. >> jim and wendy are in the hey, guys. >> hi. you know susan hogan has been all over the story. some of the investigation exposed irregularities in the way they are handling complaints of carbon monoxide leaks. >> when she joins us in a few minutes at 5:00, susan is going to show us the major changes ford has just announced when it comes to repairs and the steps you need to take to make sure your car is safe. >> also, the local woman who survived the massacre in vegas, she is now back in maryland, whic

usda. need is the fdsba, we this is -- we need business loans for businesses which have been disturbed. -- theunt of mental environmental works committee sent a letter to the army of core of engineers and fema asking for information about a timeline and the work that has been completed or is yet to be done as a relates to debris. i would like to get an answer to that, and if we could get that within the next week, i would appreciate that. there are about seven specific questions. as you are aware and has been mentioned, there are millions of cubic feet of debris in puerto rico. it is my understanding that we are looking at debris that is large. toranges from rooftops garage doors to refrigerators that people debris who live there cannot pick up and move. to thebeen a compromise landfills in puerto rico that existed before the hurricanes hit and remain a problem. that femanderstanding plans to remove the debris, but i am not clear on what the timeline is forgetting that complete. can you tell me? >> each one of the events is different, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach when it come

so you have to look for the organic label as well. if it's says it's usda certified organic, it should mean that it's not genetically engineered but unfortunately there doesn't have to be testing and because of the contamination through cross pollination it's possible and in fact, it's been -- it's been documented in some cases that over the generations, even organic crops have a significant amount of contamination from genetically engineered crops that are the same or similar species. so the gold standard would be, certify organic and nongmo project verified and sometimes you can get that, but i'm just stating that would probably be the gold standard in north america. i think -- wait. are all organic foods nongmo? i kind of answered that, ideally, yes, in practice there's been significant contamination. are there any countries that do not allow ge foods to be sold -- i answered that one to the best of my ability. what about the concept that there is enough food supply to feed the global population without ge foods? >> that's more bell -- belgone. in 2008 a

the problem. there was no alternative to that. and so we spent time in 2010 tried to develop with usda how you make your yields of other crops more productive. until the u.s. -- until the afghan government -- we will have to leave this event and go live to the house as they are coming in for general speeches. live to the house floor. e speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. october 10, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable brian k. fitzpatrick to act as peaker pro tempore on this day. signed,

the country. i think we have to delay e verify in agriculture until dhs and usda can certify. why? if we don't provide meaningful legal status to undocumented farm workers, we should at least delay the bill's application until we have confidence that the industry won't be decimated by a loss of workers. i realize in the prior bill we had a trigger that the bill would go into effect, it was linked with e verify. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have a lot more confidence than i do that the bill that we marked up and reported out at the committee is actually going to work. and if we don't actual ly apply the imposition of e verify to a workable farm labor program, we could end up with a huge mess on our hands. without reforms that work, e verify could cause disruptions in the nation's food system and as we know, over 15% of our economy relies on agriculture. the industry itself represents 2% of gdp. now, 2016 survey of the department of agriculture reveals that a massive 93% of foreign-born farm workers had been here for at least five years. 55% have been here for at least

obviously, if you look at the programs we have and those in usda, we do pay quite a bit of attention. we may want to rename the department at some point to reflect that. there are particularly large issues with poverty and with and use in the rural areas we are across the silos with the department of justice and the department of agriculture on those issues. secretary, andr. thank you again for your great spirit and your quality of mission and dedication. i yield back. >> the chernow recognizes the gentleman from michigan. -- as i mentioned in my opening statement and as we chatted briefly, i am from flint, michigan, a community not far from where you grew up. that has been struggling in many ways for decades, but in a particular way for the past few years as a result of the water crisis. you referenced in your testimony that the department under your leadership intends to take on some of these issues of exposure to toxic chemicals in housing and lead is a significant issues. you know as a physician the impact of high levels of lead exposure can have on the brain of a developing child

the next 10 years. this decrease will effect our ability to fund essential usda programs across our country in every congressional district. these are programs that farmers, schoolchildren, families, communities and americans rely on. where we will we -- where will we be forced to take the money from? rural development, conservation programs, our already insufficient nutrition programs or resources for schools? at a time when spending on fighting wildfires has surpassed previous records, will we cut that budget? and this budget and accompanying tax plan does not put us on strong fiscal ground either. many people don't realize the significance of agricultural industry in delaware. our state is filled with family farmers that produce specialty cropscommodities. delaware has the highest number of chickens per capita. 300 in any state in the nation. and many of these farmers rely on the very programs that we will be forced to undermine if these cuts are realized. and that hurts all americans. access to food is not just a farmer's issue. it will effect rural communities, urban communities and all of us. this is not a

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if you look at programs that we have and those in association with usda, we do pay quite a bit of attention, maybe want to rename the department at some point to reflect that. there's particularly large issues with poverty and with drug use in the rural areas, and we are working with -- across the silos with the department of justice, department of agriculture on those issues. >> thank you, mr. secretary. and thank you again for your great spirit and your clarity of mission and dedication. >> thank you. >> we truly appreciate you. >> thank you. >> i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. kildee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you again, secretary carson, for being here. as i mentioned in my opening statement and as we chatted briefly before the beginning of this hearing, i'm from flint, michigan, a community not far from where you grew up. and a community that has been struggling in many ways for decades but in a particular way for the past few years as a result of the water crisis. and i referenced in your -- you referenced in your testimony that the depar

the community of elcampo texas. recently while surveying crop damage from hurricane harvey, two members of my staff and usda staffer were involved in a serious car wreck. they were immediately transported to the hospital where they he received exemplary care and later ischarged. as the stories from the day later unfolded, i was struck by the outpouring of kindness and again rossity of the many farmers, as the stories from the day later unfolded, i was struck by the outpouring of kindness and again rossity of the many farmers, ranchers, and community members of elcampo. this is a town still recovering from hurricane harvey and suffered tremendous losses. without a second thought, area farmers and ranchers lined up offering spare bedrooms and transportation to my staff. these are producers who had never met my team but felt compelled to land a hand to those in need. america's hurting right now. hurricanes harvey, irma, maria have wreaked havoc in cities across the situation, and the good citizens of las vegas are dealing with another disaster but folks are hurting there as well. the ok no further than compassion of th