tom vilsack. he's going to be here tomorrow. my republican friends, i've got bad news for you. i actually like working with you. it reminds me of the days it was in the senate. we would argue like hell and then get things done. i want to say a few words about an important anniversary that we mark tomorrow. to go shortly before dawn the russian troops march across the border in ukraine. putin believes he can bend the will and break the resolve of the people of ukraine, that he can roll into ukraine and roll over them. two years later she remains wrong. kyiv is still standing, and the people of ukraine remain unbound and unbroken. this is dear -- due to their sheer bravery. the united nations put together 50 nations, with unified and expanded nato. we cannot walk away now, and this is what putin is betting on. i will be spoke -- speaking to g-7 folks and members of the european union. i am announcing 500 new sanctions in response -- [applause] in response to the brutal war of conquest, in response to alexei navalny's death. make a mistake, she is responsible for his death. yester

i'm very pleased to introduce secretary of agriculture tom vilsack. i think all of us are partial to sec. vilsack because he has held the best job in the world, he has been a governor. some of us are more partial to sec. vilsack because he has been a farmer. it says something about his willingness to engage with the western governors association so frequently even though obviously we are not the size of egg production -- ag production. he has been a champion of the small and midsize farmer. we thank the secretary for his responsiveness and common sense approach on a variety of topics. i lamented to him this morning that we don't have him running multiple departments at the federal level. he has not only supported the shared stewardship agreement that began between utah and the trump administration but supported it enthusiastically and renewed it with us for an additional five years. we had a conversation yesterday afternoon about wildfire mitigation. the single most important thing we can do is better forest management. he gets that and has been very

i'm very pleased to introduce secretary of agriculture tom vilsack. i think all of us are partial to sec. vilsack because he has held the best job in the world, he has been a governor. some of us are more partial to sec. vilsack because he has been a farmer. it says something about his willingness to engage with the western governors association so frequently even though obviously we are not the size of egg production -- ag production. he has been a champion of the small and midsize farmer. we thank the secretary for his responsiveness and common sense approach on a variety of topics. i lamented to him this morning that we don't have him running multiple departments at the federal level. he has not only supported the shared stewardship agreement that began between utah and the trump administration but supported it enthusiastically and renewed it with us for an additional five years. we had a conversation yesterday afternoon about wildfire mitigation. the single most important thing we can do is better forest management. he gets that and has been very

. >> today agriculture secretary tom vilsack testified on priorities for his department and the need for a new farm bill which is set to expire in september. watch the house agriculture committee hearing at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2, c-span now -- our free mobile video apa c-span.org. ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more, including mediacom. >> at mediacom, we believe that whether you live here or right here, or way out in the middle of anywhere, you should have access to fast, reliable internet. that's why we're leading the wa- [inaudible] >> mediacom supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> texas representative joaquin castro joined deputy defense -- assistant defense secretary at the atlantic council for a discussion countering china and russia in latin america and the caribbean. they consider u.s. engagement in the region and investments being made by china and russia. this is just under an hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to th

tom vilsack as committee tomorrow. my republican friends. >> i >> got bad news for you. i actually like working with and reminds me the days it was in the senate. you don't things we'd argue like hell and then we get things done and but look before i begin, i want to say few words about an important anniversary that we marked tomorrow, two years ago, shortly before dawn, russian troops marched across the border in ukraine >> and putin believed he could >> easily bend the will and break the resolve of free people in ukraine that he could roll into ukraine and he would roll over them. two years later, he remains wrong. he didn't do that when unable to do that, kyiv is still standing. ukraine is still free and the people of ukraine remained unbowed and unbroken in the face of putin's vigorous sound slot this is due to their sheer bravery in a sacrifice, but it's also due to us. remember, the united states pulled together a coalition of more than 50 nations, 50 nations to support ukraine were unified and expanded nato we can't walk away now and this was putin is betting on,

. >> today agriculture secretary tom vilsack testified on priorities for his department and the need for a new farm bill which is set to expire in september. watch the house agriculture committee hearing at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2, c-span now -- our free mobile video apa c-span.org. ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more, including mediacom. >> at mediacom, we believe that whether you live here or

i am very pleased to welcome back to the committee our witness for today, usda secretary tom vilsack. mr. secretary, thank you for joining us. we are now going to receive her testimony. you will have five minutes. the timer will countdown to zero at which point your time is expired. secretary vilsack, please begin when you're ready.et >> mr. chairman, thank you very much to youy and to the ranking member, mr. scott, thank you for the opportunity here today and thanks to all members of this committee for their service. mr. chairman, i read with interest recent article thatai u published entitled it's time to get serious about revitalizing rural america. your opening comments today summarized that article. i thought would be helpful to perhaps put in context some of information that i have that suggest that we are, in fact, series about revitalizing rural america. first of all let me begin by indicating that the last three years of net cash farm income were record-setting. the past three years in the last 50 years in this country. vicious income projected at just below historical norms