a 2017 study by the united states department of agriculture discovered 29% of american farmers did not have reliable internet access despite the fact that agriculture is all about technology today. without reliable broadband access, we are leaving money on the table and the american economy is failing to meet its fullest potential. connectivity and competition go hand in hand. we can continue to invest in rural communities with 5-g. agriculture, health care, energy, education, and so many other industries demand this level of service. in 2018, we ushered in a new farm bill that underscored the importance of broadband in rural america. under a broadband guaranteed lending programs, larger rural communities are permitted to build infrastructure for telecommunication networks. the farm bill also supports broadband development where it's most needed by prioritizing funds to rural communities that are at least 90% underserved or on served. we can also encourage innovation on this front through the opportunity zones. established by the 2017 tax cuts and jobs act, mr. speaker, opportunity zon

we talked to the united states department of agriculture and it told us when your refrigerator could last for four hours provided you keep the door closed. frozen stuff is longer. they will stay 24 to 48 hours and the more stocked your freezer is, the longer it will keep. now, got to keep the door closed. here is this suggestion. start freezing water jugs and stock the freezer full right now. also crank it down. keep it as cold as you can. both parts of the frig. talk about generators for a little bit. they are just flying off the shelves. a lot of stores are completely sold out. we have a lot of novices with these right now in the yard or in the garage or please not inside of the house. i caution you to read the instructions. ta from start to finish. if you don't understand, consult if you are not known. there are serious hazards with home generators. i want to walk you through them but i don't want to scare you but this is serious stuff when you bring these into your home. first and foremost, there are shock hazards. if you don't hook it up right, shock and electrocution are possib

on an approved list which we much -- must select from, which is maintained by the united states department of agriculture which are the ultimate governing body for the snap programs. a lot of bureaucracy. the current offerings that we are using this funding for, and we would hope to use it for in the next few years are tai chi for arthritis and fall prevention programs. it has been very popular and done very well. a couple of newer ones. and walk with ease program, and bingo, which sounds pretty exciting and i have heard good things about. we also do a series of health information campaigns, some of them we are still very familiar with, but it brings attention to the beverages that we drink and the calories that we consider in there. attached to this packet at the very end is the budget that we are proposing to how we are proposing to allocate these dollars. you will see it is a mix of staff time as well as program materials and supplies to run these programs. with that, i'm happy to answer any questions at the commission might have. >> any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or quest

i think the united states department of agriculture needs to reinvigorate and refund its housing programthey used to build over 30,000 units a year of affordable housing in rural communities. those programs are completely and totally gone. i think that h.u.d. needs to replace the $54 billion a year. this is every year over now 35 years. homelessness is not knew. these boulders are not new. the state of california puts up boulders all the time. the city of portland, oregon, put down boulders to keep people from camping there. the neighbors didn't just make it up and are emulating what they see their local and state governments doing. the federal government, all the candidates for democrat -- or for republicans should be looking at the role of h.u.d. in ensuring people have a decent place to live because housing that isn't a commodity for people is a worthwhile housing program just like the homeowner housing subsidy program through the i.r.s. which is over $140 billion a year. if we can afford $140 billion a year in housing subsidies for homeowners, we sure as hell can do better than $34 b

it's inspected by the united states department of agriculture. th them tlmpt are two of them stationed full time at my facility whenever we are operating. in my business, i have a break room. it was common practice for employees to bring in a magazine, a newspaper. during the months leading up to the supreme court marriage decision and shortly thereafter, i noticed there was a lot of newspaper articles that were very supportive of the decision. so in early august of 2015, i came across an article that was more biblically based and gave a christian view of marriage. so i printed it out and put it on my break room table for my employees to read if they chose to do so along with the other newspaper and whatever else was on the table. and it wasn't maybe three hours later, i was told that there was someone to see me in my office. so i didn't think anything. i just went up to see who was there. here was my inspector in charng and his boss, the front line supervisor of the circuit that i'm in. they were looking upset and angry and holding that article t

. >> yeah, so i own a meatpacking business and it is inspected by the united states department of agricultureere are two of them a full-time station at my facility whenever we are operating. and in my business i have a break room and it was common practice or employees to bring in the magazine or newspaper, and during the months leading up to the supreme court marriage decision and sure thereafter, i noticed there was a lot of newspaper articles that were very supportive of the decision. and so in early ♪ august of 2015 i came across ♪ an article that was more ♪ biblically based and gave a ♪ christian view of marriage, ♪ and so i printed it out and ♪ put it on my breakroom table ♪ for my employees to read, if ♪ they chose to do so come ♪ along with the other ♪ newspaper, whatever else was ♪ ♪ on the table. and it wasn't ♪ maybe three hours later i was ♪ told that there was someone ♪ to see me in my office. so i ♪ didn't think anything. i just ♪ went up to see you who was ♪ there, and he was my ♪ ♪ inspector in charge, and his ♪ boss, front line supervisor ♪ of the circuit that i'm in. ♪ and t

reported that china suffering an extra $10 billion in buying of agricultural products from the united states. all of this after the commerce departmentlacklist and the state department would impose visa restrictions on officials over alleged repression of muslim minorities in northwest and how china rounded up because they are practicing muslim instead of chinese culture. sherry, good to have you on the program, thank you so much for being here. >> my pleasure. >> a lot of issues investors are looking at today, should we be buying into this? >> i watched the segment prior and dagen pointed out something terrific which is in unchartered territory but decouple the politically from unchartered territory this really isn't unchartered, the economy looks good, earnings will come in, record lows of unemployment and the consumer is feeling great, if you bring all those sorts of things together we should see the markets sort of grind a little higher here, however, i think right now being reflective on what pockets you're investing money and really critical given the policy uncertainty that we are facing particularly with china. maria: do you

united states is our most important client. arthel: wrapping up here, danny, can or should the u.s. intervene? you have got the u.s. department of agriculturewithdraw orchard or inspectors without, of course, as you know without animal and plant health inspection service, can we even trust the safety of avocados from mexico? >> i don't think we can. not until they cut some kind of a deal. and i really hope mexico steps up here. they have the capability in certain limited situations. but across the board there's corruption there. we recently saw the big shootout between the government and the cartels where the government lost are. so it's really a troubling situation. and it needs to get -- we need mexican economy the thrive. it's good for our country, it's good for them too. arthel: it's really sad for the farmers mainly. i have to leave it there though, danny coulson. thank you, see you again soon. >> thank you, ma'am. it's always a pleasure. arthel: likewise. eric: protesters returning to the streets of chile today despite the president promising to raise the minimum wage and pensions, urging his cabinet members to offer their resignation

united states unless those officers are established by law. congress create a general authorization to the attorney general or the president to create whatever officers it wants? well, they've done that sometimes. they do that for the department of agriculture. secretary may appoint such officers and employees as they want. they've done it for the department of education. they've done it for the department of transportation. they do it for administrative law judges, which two terms ago, the supreme court confirmed are officers of the united states for constitutional purposes, and i have already mentioned the provision that i'm going to come back to again for assistant united states attorneys and special attorneys. it's possible for congress to pass those kinds of general authorizations. i happen to think that all of those statutes i have just shown you are unconstitutional sub-delegations of legislative authority, but that's another .alk for another day for today, it doesn't really matter because there is no such statute for the department of justice. we are talking about the department of transportation, we would have a very different kind of statutory argument. there was no general authorization in statute for the attorney general to hire