the usda says the harvest for all winter wheat could be down more than 5%. updated numbers this week, kansas down 19%. the outlook was left unchanged. many questions as to whether the number is too conservative. corn also had a wild ride this week. here's the bearish case. u.s. crop conditions have been perfect after planting, but the bullish case, corn stockpiles. the usda says u.s. inventories will fall with record exports at the end of august. they could hit about 2.1 billion bushels. rising world demand is finally starting to outstrip production. sticking with food, let's look at cheese prices. under pressure from mexico, u.s. dairy producers count on mexico to buy more than a quarter of the exports. joining me now is bloomberg's head of agricultural reporting. simon, good to see you. it was not just cheese, but also milk taking center stage at the g7. here's what president trump tweeted earlier this week, "canada charges the u.s. a 270% tariff on dairy products. they did not tell you that, did they? not fair to our farmers." how do dairy tariffs work? s

if you put a pepperoni on it it's governed by the usda. if you get a chicken, it's administered by the usda. if you get an egg, it's by the f.d.a. if you have an open faced roast beef sandwich, you put the bread on top of it, it's another one. hotdog, the meat is governed by one. you put it in bread, it's governed by another. my favorite, if you have a saltwater fish, salmon, it's governed by the department of commerce. up river it's commerce. and to get the fish, it's overned by the u.s. army corps of engineers. incredible. of engineers. this is stupid. this makes no sense. resident trump: that was [laughter] president trump: i think you should put that on television. mr. mulvaney: and linda's job, [laughter] dealing with small businesses. long time ago i worked in a freezer for a guy that made frozen pizzas. one day he's making cheese pizzas and the afternoon he will make pepperoni. he has an entirely different agency to deal with. it simply doesn't make sense. we will try to fix it. i want to go through a couple of examples today. step

the usda says the harvest for all winter wheat could be down more than 5%.he fda updated numbers this week, kansas down 19%. the outlook was left unchanged. many questions as to whether the number is too conservative. corn also had a wild ride this week. here's the bearish case. u.s. crop conditions have been perfect after planting, but the bullish case, corn stockpiles. the usda says u.s. inventories will fall with record exports at the end of august. they could hit about 2.1 billion bushels. rising world demand is finally starting to outstrip production. sticking with food, let's look at cheese prices. under pressure from mexico, u.s. dairy producers count on mexico to buy more than a quarter of the exports. joining me now is bloomberg's head of agricultural reporting. simon, good to see you. it was not just cheese, but also milk taking center stage at the g7. here's what president trump tweeted earlier this week, "canada charges the u.s. a 270% tariff on dairy products. they did not tell you that, did they? not fair to our farmers." how do dairy tariffs w

that the usda approves. the amendment would prohibit anticompetitive behavior such as we saw from the egg board, attacking a start-up company that they viewed as a threat. the language from the e-mails was actually stunning, talking about working to kill a business. and the amendment would prohibit checkoff boards from contracting with entities that engage in ag lobbying. i am one of those people, we've got enough lobbyists down here in d.c. so i hope that this bipartisan amendment to implement commonsense reforms will get a vote and that it will receive the bipartisan support it needs to pass. there are two other amendments which i filed that i'd like to discuss. they would help to protect contract farmers. this is the salt of the earth. these are americans whose traditional work, these farmers, many of them who have been on their land for generations, what's happening now is unacceptable to these farmers. the first amendment to protect contract farmers would -- the first amendment that i am filing to prote

the u.s. virgin islands under usda's in school meal and child nutrition programs. as congress works to finalize the 2018 farm bill, i hope that our colleagues will provide equitable reimbursement for guam and the u.s. virgin islands. for me and congresswoman plaskett, this is an issue of fundamental fairness for the territories and our students. a priority for our house and senate colleagues as well. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. jones, for five minutes. mr. jones: mr. speaker, thank you very much. yields with the multitude of serious issues and problems facing our nation, one important issue has been forgotten. afghanistan. that brings me to a moving "washington post" feature written by greg jaffey on may . titled "imperfect answers " as a son was killed in action and his parents ask why. i would like to share an excerpt from the article. 10 days since gabe was killed, bob and donna were sitting on a couch in their basement surrou

if you put a pepperoni on it it's goffered by the usda. if you get a chicken, it's administered by the usda. if you get an eg, it's by the f.d.a. if you have an open faced roast beef sandwich, you put the bread on top of it, it's another one. hotdog, the meat is governed by one. you put it in bread, it's governed by another. my favorite, if you have a saltwater fish, salmon, it'sed a governed by the department of commerce. up river it's commerce. and to get the fish, it's governed by the u.s. army corps of engineers. this is stupid. this makes no sense. president trump: that was incredible. [laughter] president trump: i think you should put that on television. mr. mulvaney: and linda's job, dealing with small businesses. long time ago i worked in a freezer for a guy that made frozen pizzas. one day he's making cheese pizzas and the afternoon he will make pepperoni. he has an entirely different agency to deal with. it simply doesn't make sense. we will try to fix it. i want to go through a couple of examples today. step aside to go over jus

break and egg and make an olelet, that's kgoverned by the usda. >> why does this make any sense to anybodyng for the labor department? >> first consider the irony of a president seeking to make government work better after he has denigrated federal employees as the deep state, as he has left over 200 key positions unfilled. after these asked for significant cuts in critical social programs. we can stipulate government needs to be reformed. there's a lot of things that don't make sense. i. stnchts bro i.t. is broken. but this proposal simply 14ishi the box on a organizational chart and doesn't recognize the fact congress will never go along with this the same with they rejected similar proposals to create a department of business back in 2012. >> an important point and wonder why it is. argue how thoughtfully this process has been designed, or this program has been designed here. why is it that congress is so involve and cares so deeply about the composition of the federal government, of these agencies? >> first of all, it's the members of congress who have created and supported the individ

if you make a cheese pizza but don't put meat on it handled by the usda. if you put meat on it handled by the fda. same pizza put peperoni different agencies. streamline government and get rid of the duplicative work that's been happening for years. will it get over the finish line. anyone's guess. certainly provocative to listen to it. >> harris: i want 20d touch on that big part. that was news today that people may miss as we have congress debating immigration bill. news behind you as president meets with governors. we may bring you back if the news warrants. kevin corke, thank you very much. >> any time. >> harris: let want brinlet's bn congressman grt. member of the house judiciary committee. great to see you, congressman. great to be here. i had on congressman aguilar also from your state earlier. we had to say goodbye to him. i want to come to you now as the first lady of the united states is in your state talking immigration and in a different way from some republicans she really is enforcing. should have been changed perhaps from the get go. now she

disease bank as a priority at the usda. the final thing i will mention is that it increases the gap for individuals seeking loans under the farm agency loan guarantee program. this program provides financial assistance to farmers and ranchers who want to expand and improve their operations. now under this program, the direct loan cap will go from $300,000 to $600,000 and from $ 1.39 million to $1.79 million for operating loans. increasing both the individual cap for these rwandans and the -- loans and the total amount of money for lending will allow a greater number of producers to utilize the program. farming and ranching has become increasingly costly, this will reflect the inflation and make sure that lenders have flexibility during times of hardship. south dakota producers work hard every day to feed and fuel a growing global population. as in all businesses, some years are simply better than others. during those more difficult times, it's important that our farmers and ranchers have access to tools that can help them ke

the usda says inventories will fall with record exports at the end of august and they could hit aboutillion bushels, world demand is finally starting to outstrip production. sticking with food, let's look at these prices. under pressure from mexico, u.s. dairy producers count on mexico to buy nearly a quarter of the product. it was not just cheese, but also milk taking center stage at the g7. here's what president trump tweeted earlier this week, "canada charges the u.s. a 270% tariff on dairy products, did not tell you that." how do dairy tariffs work? >> in canada, they have supply management established in the 1970's. it is basically matching production with the demand. that is in order to maintain a very stable income for farmers. is very popular with farmers there and farmers here and other countries as well. alix: 270% is blended dairy powder, what is that? >> there is a plethora of dairy products out there, the president is essentially correct. beyond a small import quota, tariffs are increasing dramatically for this category of different products. that is something, it is an e

the usda says inventories will fall with record exports at the end of august and they could hit aboutlion bushels, world demand is finally starting to outstrip production. sticking with food, let's look at these prices. under pressure from mexico, u.s. dairy producers count on mexico to buy nearly a quarter of the product. it was not just cheese, but also milk taking center stage at the g7. here's what president trump tweeted earlier this week, "canada charges the u.s. a 270% tariff on dairy products, did not tell you that." how do dairy tariffs work? >> in canada, they have supply management established in the 1970's. it is basically matching production with the demand. that is in order to maintain a very stable income for farmers. is very popular with farmers there and farmers here and other countries as well. alix: 270% is blended dairy powder, what is that? >> there is a plethora of dairy products out there, the president is essentially correct. beyond a small import quota, tariffs are increasing dramatically for this category of different products. that is something, it is an eye

i also want to note for the first time we provided baseline funding for usda programs that promote local food production and help small growers into the future. senator collins and i worked on this bill, the new local assistance market program and we'll help strengthen this local food sector. the food and security nutrition incentive program was increased in this bill because it has proved so successful, including in ohio since it's creation in the 2014 farm bill. with this provision snap recipients will be able to increase their purchasing power when they buy fresh fruits and vegetables. it has been for families and local farmers who have new customers. i expect the harvesting health program will soon be a nation-wide model for reducing hospital and doctor visits as at risk patients have greater access to healthier diets. some provisions of the coverage improvement and innovation act i included are included in this bill. there is more the senate should do to improve. i especially thank the senators for their work on this. there are dozens of other provisions of this bill that are good f

subsidies, it deals with development, housing, pretty much every sector of the rural economy because the usda is very expensive. every area gets modified by the farm bill, but that particular area doesn't have incredibly major adjustments. i would not expect huge changes in how business is being done. host: james from wichita, kansas. what is your question? caller: what we have learned from other countries in regard to food policy. alan: what can we learn from other countries? on subsidies you see a lot of changes in regimes, everything from new zealand getting rid of farm subsidies and going very export oriented, the u.s. doing that. the european union is having a big debate over the common agricultural policy. agricultural systems become a big part of trade disputes. we see that in nafta with canadian dairy, the tpp. there is a lot to learn. how we can apply to the u.s. farm bill applies to the context. from spring hill, florida, snap recipients. what is your question? caller: i wanted to make a comment. i am a food stamp recipients, work at walmart. as a cashier. i see what people by with

those applications were already under review by the usda when the rescission package was introduced. projects are ready to go and jobs are waiting to be created with this funding. it makes me very angry to see that the administration's rescission proposal describes these grants as wasteful and specifically identifies a chocolate covered peanut project as an example of alleged wasteful spending. ok, this is not about chocolate covered peanuts. this is about helping farmers diversify their businesses and providing consumers with new products they're willing to spend a little extra on. farmers are fatesing very challenging economic times. and i think we should be ding everything we can to support farmers in finding new markets. whether that's by processing mil millinging to make yogurt or even coating peanuts in chocolate. ironically on the same day the administration released its rescission proposal this the usda's economic research service released a report on how successful the a.p.g. has been. -- vapg has been. it showings that those who receive vapg funding are more likely to succe

if you put a pepperoni on it, that's governed by the usda.you have a chicken, it's governed by the usda. if the chicken lays an egg, governed by the fda. if you break the egg and make an omelette that is covered by the fda. if you have an open-faced roast beef sandwich, that's one or the other, the bread on top of it, it's the other. one of my favorites, if you have a salt water fish, a salmon and it's in the ocean, it's governed by the department of commerce. once it swims up river, it's governed by the department of the interior and to get there it has to get up a fish ladder governed by the army corps of engineers. this is stupid. >> by the way, that was incredibly said. [laughter] >> i think you should put that on television. that was very -- very good. >> long time ago when i was 15 years old, i worked in a freezer for a guy who made frozen pizzas. put yourself in that guy's business, he's making cheese pizzas, another time pepperoni, he's dealing with other federal agencies. we're going to try and fix it. scott, step aside to go over on

the amendment also improves coordination between usda and the department of energy. mr. chairman, i have heard that there were some concerns about the bio gas task force provision, an earlier version of this amendment. i have since eliminated that language based on conversations that i had with your staff and others. i spoke to the national pork producers council and others this morning. they're comfortable with the amendment now. this amendment i offer today addresses the concerns i've heard from the committee and i thank senator smith of minnesota tomorrow joining me as a co-sponsor of the amendment, which is supported by the national farmers union carbon capture coalition and the american bio gas council. i would also like to thank you, mr. chairman, and the ranking member and yours staffs for working with me on this important issue. and with that, i'd ask for a voice vote of the committee. >> all those in favor of senator bennet's amendment will signify by saying aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. are there further amendments to -- are there further amendments

the usda should be fair and treat our dairy farmers with the same, same support. i want this emergency funding to go directly to those farmers who need it so they can keep producing milk without going bankrupt, long enough for the industry to come together to balance supply and for congress to create a fairer milk pricing system. and i urge my colleagues to support this amendment, too. it affects all of us. i know you believe, mr. president, that our farmers work hard every day. they need our support. i urge all of us to stand with them. i yield the floor. and i suggest an absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: is quorum call: quorum call: mr. hatch: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. hatch: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hatch: is is there any objection to me making a short speech? the presiding officer: the senator is recognized. mr. hatch: thank you. mr. president, allow nisei a few word -- all

the usda claims there are 2 million farmers. when you go to the numbers it is a much smaller number of farm businesses that are actually receiving the benefits from these programs. up to 350,000 and perhaps down to nearly 100,000. in some programs it's almost in the dozens of people who are actually benefiting from the programs. you have a very motivated base to keep their particular benefits while in the grand scheme of things sometimes it looks like these programs may not cost us all a lot directly. it is a classic case of that as well. >> beside the cost of taxpayers, why should americans even care how -- about these farm subsidies? >> one reason is that the subsidies do -- it they were responding to the market. some farmers are owg up wetlands. to grow crops and part because the government is making it financially attractive for them to do so. another reason that may be very relevant in a time when everyone is paying close attention to trade is that how we subsidize our farmers, increases or decreases the risk of violating ru

this is a step in the right direction and would move some processes to the usda and make the entire systemore efficient. shery: given the challenges farmers are facing, how important will be farm bill that passed yesterday be? >> incredibly important to farmers and americans. we are blessed to live in a country where we only spent 6% of our income in grocery and part of the reason is the farm belt we have had the last several decades which decreases is finallys -- it important to the consumers and more so to the farmers, agriculture producers, who rely on the farm bill for five years of certainty. this is a huge step forward yesterday for this country. david: they got to the house but what about the senate? >> it is an uphill battle in the senate but have confidence in senator pat roberts, he will have several tricks up his sleeve and we will get a bill through the senate next week. it will not line up perfectly with hours. that gives us july and august to conference it and get us -- get it to the president in time before the farm bill finishes in september -- december. is roger marshall,

i sort of love the idea of in 1958 some usda employees sitting down somewhere to write an instruction manual on how to eat a cracker. [ laughing ] >> but the instructions that came with the crackers said that sort of every adult gets six crackers per day. 125 calories per cracker. so if you're doing that math real quickly in your head, that's not a lot of calories to get through. but the suggestion in the instruction manual was that you should break that into six separate meals over the course of the day because there wasn't a lot else to do in the fallout shelter. [ laughing ] >> so if you broke it into sort of six one-cracker meals, that maximized the entertainment value of the crackers. and then after the two weeks when the crackers ran out, the fallout would have in theory would have lessened. and then we would flee out of the fallout shelters and out into our national parks. but the idea was that the national parks were not going to be targeted by nuclear war. and so your friendly neighborhood park rangers would have spent those two weeks while everyone was hiding out in the shel

the usda claims there are 2 million farmers. there are much smaller number of farm benefits receiving benefits, perhaps only 100,000. in some programs it is almost in the dozens of people were actually benefiting. you have a very motivated days to keep their particular benefits while in the grand scheme of things sometimes it looks like this program may not cost us a lot directly, but the spiraling costs are extreme. daren: besides the cost to taxpayers, why should americans care about these farm subsidies? scott: one reason groups care is because the subsidies do cause farmers to plant in places they were not otherwise if they were simply responding to the market. some farmers are plowing up grasslands and wetlands to grow crops because the government is making it financially attractive for them to do so. another reason that may be very relevant and a time when everyone is paying close attention to trade is that how we subsidize our farmers increases or decreases the risk of violating wto rules on subsidies and ultimately inviti

we move all that into the usda. why? because they are really good at it. it's not to say f.d.a. isn't. wouldn't it be nice for one place for people to go to one place to deal with regulatory issues? in all fairness, secretary purdue will tell you, there's things usda does that others can't do well. housing component, why shouldn't we go to housing and urban development? we propose to move it to h.u.d. four years, they have handled the snap program, that makes absolutely no sense at all. hhs is uniquely set up to handle that. we move that to h.h.s. will have its centralized so we can deal with it. no one has ever tried at this scale, mr. president. president clinton tried it a little bit. a couple other presidents have tried it. no one has done it at this scale. tried it before and most importantly, no one's ever followed through on it. no one's ever given the time commitment these people around the table they have given. no one has -- the stuff president clinton came up are peanuts compared to this. every time someone comes to me and says, this will doesn't have a chance. a coup

cheese pizs governed by food and drug administration, if you put a pepperoni on it, it is governed by the usdareat to be back. charles: great to have you back. the one that grabbed headline was merger potential merger of department of labor and department of education, this sounds brilliant to me. >> a particular report, a start on draining the swamp. this a great example. department of education does a lot of worker training programs and higher education. and department of labor does a lot of the same, bridge them together. we don't need both departments, they both could be scaled back and american people would be better ouch. >> you think this is a goofy idea if your idea of education has nothing to to with what kids are doing after they graduate. and any idea of being prepared for an actual job market. that is not to dismiss the humanity, but i think a lot of us would argue you a lot of universities and k-12 have lost a got of ground work of good education. important too remember is key, it not that you, ditching the goals and purposes of regulation, but get them to try to work right, you m

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worked on that with senator jones and this will encourage the collaboration we know we need between the usda and health and human services to address the specific needs of the rural communities. i'm happy to see that included. rthank you again chair roberts and ranking member stabenow. i look forward to continuing work on this bill. >> with your permission i would like to recognize our leaders senator mcconnell for his three minutes and 21 seconds. >> thank you mr. chairman, ranking member. i'm happy to be here this morning. >> a. i say one other thing thank you for your commitment not only too be here but your commitment and i want to make this clear to everybody with regards to senator schumer both committed once we finish our business here we can finish our business on the floor of the united states senate. >> let me mention, thank you mr. chairman.ch we will turn to the bill before the fourth of july, and i'm hopeful that the house will get to bears. there will probably look different from ours but hopefully it will give us a chance to get into conference and make a difference in the law

interestingly enough, hud already services more of the rural community than usda does so it's not a difficult shift, and the whole purpose of the reorientation is to prevent duplication, and to increase efficiency. one thing we have to reek nice right -- recognize right now is we have a severe fiscal crisis looming. 30 years, if we continue to accumulate debt at the same rate, every penny we take in will webe bad to servicer the date. there will be no money for cdbf or money for any program or money for the military a lot of countries have been bankrupt. it's a disaster when it happens. affects everybody, and they knew 30 years ahead of time they were glowing, too but didn't do anything. you have to say you have to have money for this women have to learn to be fiscally responsible and at the same time, take care of our coverage compassion that needses and we do that if we work together. >> thank you. like all good reorganization plans everything has to to be considered by congress and passed in this body the other body. having set for a number of years next to the owe mb director when he was

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it appears that the rural community development programs would stay at usda. how would the administration's reform plan proposal to move ving other hou grams to hud programs at usda benefit our rural communities? >> first of all, these are very high-level initial thoughts that are coming out. there hasn't been any substantial reorganization of government for almost 100 years. the attempt is to put like things under the same roof to try to cut down on some of the duplication. you know, in terms of rural housing, hud already does more than usda does. that is not a difficult move at all. the usda agrees. please, take it. no problem. so that's the rationale behind it. >> and you believe t iha will streamline -- or the people that report to youve t streamlined process within hud is going to be beneficial to rural communities? >> absolutely. >> all right. thank you, mr. secretary. i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. chair now recognizes the gentleman from colorado. >> mr. secretary, thanks for taking the time today to visit with us. let me preface my remarks. mr.

it deals with development, housing, deals with every sector of the royal economy because the usda is ve area. every area gets modified by the farm bill but that area does not have adjustments. i would not expect huge changes. host: james from kansas. what is your question? states can the united learn from other countries in regards to food policy? guest: what can we learn from other countries? in subsidies, you have seen a lot of changes. new zealand going very export oriented. the european union is having a debate over agricultural policy, wondering if their supply limits are being changed. agricultural systems always become a big part of trade disputes. there is a lot to learn from other countries. how they get applied to the u.s. from bill depends on the situation. host: jeff from florida, a snap recipient. caller: i wanted to make a comment. first, i am a food stamp recipient working at walmart. i see what people buy with the food stamps. i buy food to eat but i have seen it come through where halloween, they buy all their halloween candy on food stamps. things like that that shou

but i do know one thing, this will hurt farmers and the rural communities where they live. usda estimates that my home state of arkansas will be third most impacted. the state behind texas, illinois and iowa. iowa will be the fourth most impacted state. this provision does not discriminate against regions. it discriminates against farmers and those who feed and clothe this nation. i am very much opposed to this language, but i am thankful that the house did not take this tact in crafting its farm policy. i'm committed to working to remove this provision before we enact a final farm bill this congress. we must provide a farm bill that gives producers certainty and predicability without further exacerbating the difficult farm economy that they are facing. if we can commit to continue to follow the fair and equitable approach that was exhibited when we fashioned the bill in committee, we can pass a farm bill that has a chance to become law. let's not squander this opportunity. our farmers in rural america need this bill. let's get it passed so that we can provide our farmers and ra

an accurate life cycle analysis of the greenhouse gas benefits of corn ethanol like those at the usda and the department of energy have already developed. epa could address these issues through regulation without the need for new legislation. in addition, automakers should warrant new vehicles for ethanol concentrations up to 25%, similar to bmw has already done for some of their vehicles. removing these barriers would clear the road for high octane, high efficiency vehicles. more details on these points and other observations and suggestions are covered in the written testimony that i have submitted. i'm proud of what we do in my family's farm. i'm proud that our corn crop can have a part to play in the high-octane future heading our way if we're allowed to do so. america's corn farmers are ready to do our part to deliver. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much for joining us today. and i'd like to turn to mr. chet thompson, president and ceo of the american fuel and petrochemical manufacturers. your full statement is in the record. >> thank you, chairman shimkus, chairman w

. >> opponents of the bill have shared concerns about some of the usda lack of expertise and veterinaryscience were specifically in dc that being an obstacle to implement in hr 2651? >> i don't. we share and we humans share 98 plus% of our dna with horses. most of the drugs that are coming into the first industry that could be described as performance-enhancing are coming from human medicine. there's not a huge amount of research with new drugs that are in that going field. it's all coming on the human side. they have a huge amount of expertise in figuring out all that out and has to be intelligent based testing. you got to know what you are looking for because if the molecule is changed in any way you will not find it. really, i think they are the best people to go forward with this. we are in a new world and i'd love it to be a different world where people did not take an edge but they are taking an edge now in a way that is far more effective than it used to be. that is our problem and we have to work very closely with the other sports to figure out what is happening. it used to be w

. >> again the usda has tools in our too many box we are not disclosing all those right now the market'sic we have to determine what a trade disruption, what a normal mark volatility in order to make those calls. we're calculating the components of trade disruptions on a weekly basis and making administration known. >> let's just talk about soy beans. they recently touched $8.41 a bush em, which is the lowest we've seen in nine years part of that may be the bumper crop we are seeing this year how much of that is because of this direct potential for retaliation from china i've seen one report that said if china imposed a 10% tariff on soy beans, you could see prices plummet by 18% >> those are the things we are calculating on a weekly basis. our chief economist and i meet weekly to determine what we believe the components of trade drugss are you mentioned the bumper crop. every farmer knows there is trade volatility prices go up and down. they have to depend on that market when there are trade disruptions, that's a component beat we're determining the mitigation effort >> can you tell us

if you put a peperoni on it that's governed by the usda. >> and by the way that was incredibly said.vision. jillian: what about the other topics, the cap net was discussing waste and reorganization. a look at your headlines. send it back down to you, brian. brian: the president loved that here we go with number one issue on his desk today immigration. the showdown on capitol hill. the house postpones crucial vote on compromise. our next guest has a new debate to talk about. in a new "the washington post" op-ed creating quite a stir he asked why do we need more people in this country anyway? here to answer that is the president's former national security spokesperson himself research fellow hillsdale michael anton, michael, are you saying we have enough people? we are out of room? what do you mean? >> i'm saying that's the fundamental question that ought to drive the debate. we are not really having a debate. we are having a kind of argument where one side says if you are good, you just want more immigrants then if you don't you are bad and evil and let's shut down all discussion. we

the usda says the decline during the month of march is due to the booming economy and crackdown on fraud0%. that is how many preliminaries don't leave tips at restaurants. that's according to a new credit card.com survey. one in three millennials say they leave less than 15% tip. come on, be genius, guys. finally, number one that is where hawaiian airlines ranks for ontime flights. according to the department of transportation 8 will 7% of flights arrive to the gate when expected. steve? steve: thank you very much, ainsley. a last-minute endorsement on election day by primary day by president trump on twitter pushed our next guest to cross the primary finish line in the great state of south carolina. katie arrington crediting the trump bump as she went 50.6% of the vote narrowly beating mark sanford, a sitting congressman in his first election loss ever what could it signal for the mid terms let's talk to katie arrington who joins us live in new york. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. thank you for having me. steve: go back a couple weeks. it was a couple weeks already. >> it

also the final thing is about future classic case of concentrated costs, concentrated benefits and disparate costs. usda claims there are 2 million farmers, when you start going to the numbers, it's a much smaller number of our businesses that are actually receiving the benefits of these programs, depends on how you slice it. up to 300,000, perhaps down to only nearly 100,000. in some programs it's almost in the dozensf people who are actually benefiting from the programs. you have a very, very motivated base to keep their particular benefits while in the grand scheme of things sometimes it looks like his programs may not cost us all a lot directly but the spiraling costs are very extreme so to classic case of that as well. >> besides the cost to taxpayers, why should americans even care about these farm subsidies? >> the one reason that groups like the environment a a workig group cares is subsidies do -- wouldn't otherwise a person responding to the market and so some farmers are plot graphs and in wetlands and force in order to grow crops, in part because a government is make it financially attractiv

signed an executive order strength the workforce requirement across all the agencies, including the usdainly contributes to where we are and as the stats show, steve, we have got a workforce participation rate of 62.7%. and i believe it's climbing. and let's not forget we have the lowest unemployment rate for african-americans in recorded history. steve: all right. put it all together, fewer people need assistance. of course, nibble who needs it, the government program is there to help them. marc little, the vice chairman of the center for urban renewal and education. thank you for joining us live from l.a., sir. >> thank you for having me. steve: you bet. still ahead on this wednesday, jason chaffetz is going to be joining us. we are going to be talking about the ig report. acting director thomas homan talk to him about what's going on on our southern border and congressman from florida ron desantis. a busy two hours. booming economy is helping these businesses to thrive and they are helping our veterans in return. you will hear their stories coming up. thumbs up. oh, and since the chev

this will really encourage the collaboration we know we need between usda and health and human services to address the specific healthcare needs of rural communities. i'm very happy to see that included. thank you again chair roberts and ranking member and i look forward all look forward to continuing work on this bill. with your permission i would like to recognize our leader, senator mcconnell for his three minutes and 21 seconds left bac back. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ranking member, i'm happy to be here this morning. senator, could i just say one thing. thank you for commitment not only to be here, but your commitment to everyone and also with regards to senator schumer. both leaders have committed that once we finish our business here we can finish our business on the floor of the united states senate. thank you. >> let me mention, thank you, mr. chairman, we will turn to the farm bill before the fourth of july. i am hopeful that the house will get to theirs. it will probably look a little different from ours but i'm hoping they will get to theirs shortly which will give us a ch

according to the part of agriculture participation dropped to $40 million in march, was level in eight years. usdaay the sharp decline is due to a booming economy and donald trump's crackdown on fraud and snap programs. rob: dangerous flooding, this pickup truck was swept away in wisconsin. incredible video showing the road completely destroyed by the storm. jillian: the damage in michigan, floods washing away roads causing dozens of sinkholes and more rain on the way. meteorologist janice dean joins us in studio, we have been hit with severe weather all over. >> severe weather and heat indices will remain high today, dangerous heat, a lot to cover. you see we have the radar, moisture streaming in from the gulf of mexico dealing with potential of flooding across texas and louisiana and severe threat today exists from the midwest through the great lakes toward the northeast and cold enough for snow across the northern rockies. severe threat across the plane states stretching towards the mid-atlantic a large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes and all of this tropical moisture surging in from t

we appreciate your support of the farmville and usda programs to increase trade and create opportunities for agriculture in iowa and across the globe. the meetingsarhead othe senate agriculture committee memrs will reewhe . farmvie. >> democratic and republican members of congress face off in the 57th annual congressional baseball game for charity. live coverage begins at 7 pm eastern on c-span 3. >>> c-span, where history unfoldily. today we continue to bring you unfiltered congress -- coverage of congress. the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite ider. >> t juste department is likely to is you -- issue a public report. top official told lawmakers today, this would represent the first public product to study foreign government efforts. and would come nearly 5 months after attorney general jeff sessions set up a task force to assess the threat landscape. up next, adam hickey, the deputy assistant attorney general for the justice department national security division testifies

speaker, on may 15 i join several of my colleagues from the house and senate officials from usda, ambassadors to the united states and 150 volunteers at a meal packaging event hosted by the nonprofit organization rise against hunger and the kraft-heinz company. mr. mcgovern: we packaged meals that will be sent to mozambique. i admire the efforts of rise against hunger in hosting meal packaging events like the one i attended. they've served million offs people across the globe aze that word -- work toward the important goal of ending global hunger by 2030. i also applaud the work of kraft-heinz for their laudable goal of delivering meals to those struggling with hunger. the c.e.o. and board members traveled to d.c. to lead the event and i'm grateful to their commitment to ending hunger once and for all. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? without objection the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you so much, mr. speaker. it's been 48 days since ortega began his brutal crackdown on the