among the speakers, agriculture secretary tom vilsack and new jersey representative frank pallone. this is an hour, ten minutes. i just want to tell you that i think we're very, very honored today to have the secretary of agriculture. i was speaking to him a few moments ago, and he was mayor for five years of pleasant, iowa, i believe it was -- mount pleasant, iowa. i think once you're mayor, you're always a mayor. you know, you kind of go around cities and you're looking at streets and you're looking at stores and residential neighborhoods and all that. but so he is now secretary of agriculture. and they gave me a little bit of literature. i just want to read one thing. i want to turn it over to him so he can make remarks. and then i want this to be a dialogue to where we have a little bit of a question and answer and talk to him about some of the things that we're doing. but one thing in particular is that he entered into a partnership with the department of energy and the u.s. navy to invest up to $510 million during the next three years to produce advanced drop in aviation mari

our strength in virginia and that was a tremendous kick off were the guests were bob mcdonnell, tom vilsack, and jeff bridges. i appreciate the millions of ongoing support and i present to you dan weekley. >> julie, we will take you first and take your presentation and then danm, yours, and then we will open up for questions. >> thank you for your kind introduction ander leadership on this issue. we are proud to partner with few in arkansas. we're thankful for this committee for putting on her at the forefront. over the last three years, wal- mart has seen jobs and the economy come to the forefront of our customers' minds and of all americans. in that time, we have seen a sharp uptick on the people relying on government assistance and a pronounced paycheck cycle for our stores are busy as paychecks are released for government benefits. these are customers and we see them struggling and we want to help. that is why in may of 2010, we announced a $2 billion commitment to hunger relief across the nation. it is made of three major elements. the first is $250 million worth of cash grants that ar

among the guests were tom vilsack and representatives from walmart.about an hour and 10 minutes. >> all right, the meeting of the national governors' association education and early childhood development and work force is called to order. we will see some more filter in has the original meetings conclude which has been going on. i am the governor of arkansas and chairman of this committee and honored to be joined by our vice chairman, governor bill has learned from tennessee. together, i think we have enjoyed this committee over the last several months. a bit of housekeeping -- those of you who have yourself owns on, please put them on vibrate or silent or something else. we have one of our own weapons, the secretary of agriculture is a governor, too, or used to be a governor. he can appreciate what is going on with most of us better perhaps than most folks involved in the federal government and we are grateful that he is here. briefing books for this meeting were sent to governors in advance and can be found and a blue binder in front of you. they ha

among the guests, the agriculture secretary tom vilsack. at 2:30, the special commission on homeland security and public safety explore the changing role of the national guard. joining the governors will be the chief of the national guard bureau. watch live coverage beginning at 9:30 eastern, sunday on c- span. sunday morning on "washington journal," the editorial page editor of the detroit news. he will discuss his paper's endorsement of mitt romney for president. into the senate, they endorsed john mccain. then we will speak with bob mcdonnell, participating in this weekend's in g a winter meetings. he recently changed his position regarding a bill and his state requiring women to get an ultrasound before having an abortion. at 8:40, celinda lake on on the history of women voters and how women are trending and 2012. "washington journal," live sunday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. in his weekly address, president obama calls for the development of the new energy sources in addition to increase oil production in the united states. then, ka

agriculture secretary and former iowa governor tom vilsack talked to the group for about an hour and10 minutes. >> all right. the meeting of the national governor's soles workforce committee is called to order. i thank everyone for joining us. west side some more filter in as the -- as the regional meetings conclude which have just been going on. i'm the governor of arkansas and i'm glad to be joined by governor bill haslam from tennessee and together i think we both enjoyed this committee over the course of the last seven months. a bit of housekeeping, those of you that have your cell phones on, please put them on vibrate or silent or something else so that we have one of our own with us, the secretary of agriculture is a governor, too, or at least he used to be governor. so he can appreciate what's going on with most of us, better perhaps than most folks involved in the federal government and we're grateful that he is here. briefing books for this meeting were sent to governors in advance and can be found in the blue binder before you and they have the agenda and the updates. you h

we have the honor today of being joined by our secretary and former iowa governor pierre tom vilsack will offer his unique perspective on the role that governors would peg in addressing childhood hunger as well as opportunities for state and the federal government to parker as a look at the new child nutrition laws. we'll hear from representatives from two major companies who are leading efforts to partner with governors to solve childhood under issues. one of the opportunities we have today is to understand better how we can create and leverage public's-private partnerships or maybe it is as simple as part 9 with wal-mart or dominion to address child under issues. with that, i will introduce our very first honored guest. he seems to be on a downward trending career path. he is now the secretary of agriculture but at one time he was a governor and before that he was a mayor. you're definitely heading the wrong way career-wise. he is the 30 as secretary of agriculture and was appointed by the president in january of 2009. one of the things he is working on as revitalizing our rural co

caller: i recently watched tom vilsack meet with the governors of all the different states. one thing they were talking about was growing vegetables at the schools and also using vegetables from local vendors. as a parent, what can parents do in terms of encouraging or influencing regulation in terms of school vending machines and encouraging local participation? that ai think it's great lot more schools are doing things like trying to get the local produce and growing some of it on campus to get kids involved. i think the more kids are involved in understanding the menu, the more you buy into it and more likely to be less waste. there are things parents can do in terms of getting their concerns heard, saying we would really like to see this done, making suggestions. i know schools have been working in many cases with parents to make changes. a number of schools have already made changes to the competitive foods and snacks that are sold because of the feedback from parents. new york, i believe, as of 5% reduction in obesity and overweight among their children after their ado

we have the honor today of being joined by our secretary and former iowa governor pierre tom vilsack who will offer his unique perspective on the role that governors would peg in addressing childhood hunger as well as opportunities for state and the federal government to parker as a look at the new child nutrition laws. we'll hear from representatives from two major companies who are leading efforts to partner with governors to solve childhood under issues. one of the opportunities we have today is to understand better how we can create and leverage public-private partnerships or maybe it is as simple as part 9 with wal-mart or dominion to address child hungerissues. with that, i will introduce our very first honored guest. he seems to be on a downward trending career path. he is now the secretary of agriculture but at one time he was a governor and before that he was a mayor. you're definitely heading the wrong way career-wise. he is the secretary of agriculture and was appointed by the president in january of 2009. one of the things he is working on as revitalizing our rural commun

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