we have been longtime partners with the usda. i am also a board member of inclusive, the organization -- of our country. it is there where i begin in this conversation to engage with you around the federation and the and cpa that is represented here today. let me start by asking you a few questions. welcoming the secretary, thank you again. >> great to be with you. >> after a long time of the governor, state senator, smalltime member, you play a critical role in communities across the united states. were farmers access market, surviving the environment. it is a proven strategy to help communities and people with economic opportunity. now that the biden handed -- biden-harris administration is at work, can you tell us about co-ops for into that vision? >> i would be happy to do that. good morning to all you. thank you for that introduction and the opportunity to be here today. very much appreciate being here with my friend, he has been a strong advocate for equity and a strong guide to us at usda. i start going to mass, at the beg

providing technical and financial assistance to ensure that underserved producers have access to the usda program and capital for their program. once again chairman, thank you for this opportunity. and the entire committee for this opportunity to share some background on the good work that we did. would have liked to dunmore but we believe this is an important investment under the programs in our jurisdiction. >> ranking member thompson. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak before you today. i met a loss of words for today's meeting. having to testify as head of the agriculture committee. we went through our instructions on in a hurry on september 10 we were in such a hurry that it did not include one third of the spending. we did not have the time to figure out the issues. republicans offer the motion to postpone until september 20 just so that all members, republicans and democrats could have their say in all the spending that would be within our communities. one was voted down from the democrats. several members also amended the fact that we were marking up incomplete language. it

the back condition has been the backbone of the rural economies so in this sheridan press where the usda agency in johnson county was quoted to say this two weeks ago to say this year has been extremely dry producers have a lack of feed and stock water shortage of pay and had to buy extra hay and goes on to say they have had to haul and asked her feed for out of the county and out-of-state to sell down their cattle and last year it was driver compounded this year it neverer let up has caused hardship for producers is what you see in here in the ground and north dakota as well? >> yes.or absolutely the impact you describe for border to border and many others across the country and as we indicated we don't have that serious drought statewide like you did last year and then to what you are experiencing in wyoming and then to have the opportunity with the grounds and with 58 trips so traveling around the world the circumference of the earth so would you leave the department can do to prioritize more water for the ranching and farming communities out west in the short-term and long-term? and

the ufrp usda is pumping in millions reimbursing these schools for the grocery store runs. >> if youhow hard that was, you'd clean it up for me. >> at redland. relief. today's menu is met. >> reporting from alabama. >>> coming up, general stanley, form commander of forces in afghanistan talks about his new book, "risk, user's guide." and we'll meet one of the last neon masters. in hong kong responsible for the city's glow. >>> and from imaginego mercury, act one, coming out. thank you for watching today. ♪

this is after usda review of the program. things are going to get spooky in the east bay tonight. halloween's nightmare island returns. >> the event will be in a new location at the corner of 9th and nimitz on mayor avenue. it's a 45,000 square foot warehouse with three story ceilings. get a true roller coaster of frights every friday to sunday this month. i hear you laughing mary. that means you are ready? >> i will never be ready for that. i am a scaredy cat and i also can't take roller coasters. not for me but hopefully you will be out having fun. here is a live look with our san francisco cam. you see all the sunshine out there. we are looking at temperatures on the rise in the 70s and 80s, warmer compared to yesterday at this time. upper 70s in concord, oakland low 70s, 76 san francisco, 81 for san jose and santa rosa. sunshine, warm temperatures, we will continue to warm things as we look to our weekend. then big changes for next week. we will see cooler temperatures, stronger onshore flow and also the chance to see showers as we look to next week. i will show you this in a

according to the usda, a gallon of milk was $3.32 before 2021, it's $3.69 now, and a gallon of gas wasultry and fish are up 15%. right now in america, about 10.5% of u.s. households are food insecure. that amounts to about 13.5 million people. you can see inflation is hitting hard even for those trying to help the poor. joining me now is john elliott. he's the ceo of gleaners food bank in l.a. this is a different look at inflation. you're worried about feeding people. your costs are grown dramatically but the audience you serve has not increased. >> actually, our audience has increased. we saw about a 60% increase of need here in indiana, but we were able to increase it about 30% from 2020, and your cost is very reflective of the reality in terms of cost, and people may not realize we offer a fleet of box trucks and even the diesel is substantial on us. >> what do you do about this, john? it's obvious everything you're saying to me, but for those of us who don't think about this on a daily basis, for those of us who are not food insecure, we're not clear how this affects you. what do y

true so maybe eda is think the property is owned by the state so we can't do anything on that and usda will say weekend so we'll partner on this, you take the other part of the vision so when we have them on the ground you're only as good as your program and many of these situations and it's important to have a partnership and for people to understand you have to push back on your program and you have to explain to them because heather wants going to the assistant secretary this is how the program needs to change to meet the vision so that's the other thing i encourage people, push back because that's how you get the feedback. that's the story of broadband right now since 1996, the goal has been to get the private sector to provide for the needs and i think with the pandemic and everything, now the federal and state government says forget it, we need to provide for the needs and we can't listen to the companies anymore. [laughter] because no one is getting there needs served and we are all reaching source that constant pushback that helps design where we are now. >> you are pretty soph

lunchrooms face the additional challenge of facing usda nutritional guidelines while still staying on budget. >> our supply chains in many areas have been disrupted schools do have to plan their meals in advance. >> reporter: and experts hope there is an end in sight for logistics to end hunger >> schools, once they find those creative ways, they will be able to offer more students the meals they need. >> reporter: cooking up solutions for a new school year. stephanie ruhle, nbc news. >>> china is denying a report that it tested a new hypersonic missile, catching american intelligence by surprise. instead, china insists it was testing a new spacecraft it comes amid the growing rivalry between the u.s. and china. tonight keir simmons takes us to an ancient greek port that's become a symbol of that very modern struggle in our series "behind the wall". >> reporter: with the supply chain crisis putting a spotlight on ports around the world, china's outsized role in the global economy is front and center we are in greece, where a chinese state-owned shipping company, cosco owns a majority

>> we are working very closely with our partner federal agencies like usda on these issues. we have within the reclamation program lots of opportunities to expand water supplies and working collaboratively with farmers in western states. with respect to the department of agriculture programs we understand they have additional capabilities available and will be working to supply those and use them innovatively to be able to meet constituents needs. >> the family farm alliance submitted written testimony for the record and i ask unanimous consent that it be part of the record. >> without objection. >> in the written testimony the family farm alliance states with regard to water storage projects properly designed and constructed surface storage projects provide additional water management flexibility to better meet downstream urban industrial and agricultural water needs, improve flood control, generate clean hydropower, provide recreational opportunities and create additional flows that can benefit downstream fish and wildlife species. yes or no? do you agree with that? >> i d

now, we have to work with usda to put out there with the program on the farm site and on the renterside, we have to figure out the parameters. i look forward to working with her on that issue. we have just had an incredible drought in our stage. one of the toughest droughts i can remember. this hearing on water is extremely important for all the farmers and ranchers and in particular the ranchers that are out there trying to keep their herd and not shorten it more than they have to. today's hearing is important because it is about making sure that we have water available throughout the west for our farmers and for our ranchers so that they can do what they do better than anyone else in the world and that is provide the highest quality, lowest cost food supply that every single american benefits from every, single day. so with that, i would sure like to thank the chairman and ranking member for holding the hearing and i appreciate the opportunity to introduce and welcome julie ellingson and her testimony today. ms. ellingson: thank you and good afternoon. as the senator said, my name

. >> reporter: to help america's school systems struggling to serve meals, the usda announced it's pumpingn a billion and a half dollars. the agency reimburses elmore county for davis' grocery runs. you look at a kid eating and think to yourself, you have no idea how hard that was to pull off. >> that's the part with my own kids. if you knew how hard that was to prepare the meal, you would klein it up for me. ( laughter ) >> reporter: at redland, relief, the next day's menu was set. beyond that, a mystery. mark strassmann, cbs news, wetumpka, alabama. >> o'donnell: much more news ahead tonight on "cbs evening news." world leaders are doing damage control after a scathing report on how and where they hide their billions. epaca lo she's the rock of the family. she's the person who holds everything together. it's a battle, you know. i'm going to be there. keytruda and chemotherapy meant treating my cancer with two different types of medicine. in a clinical trial, keytruda and chemotherapy was proven to help people live longer than chemotherapy alone. keytruda is used to treat more patients wi

the usda says plans include a new testing strategies to help prevent the bacteria from getting to the first place. >> working with stakeholders, the industry, the public health officials, advocacy groups. >> we need an updated poultry safety system that ensures it is addressing the salmonella strains oppose the highest risk to consumers. >> symptoms include diarrhea, fever, and >>> cramps. children under the age of 5 and people 65 and older with weakened immune systems are more likely to have severe symptoms. >>> still ahead, a new thread for people living in the caldor fire burn zone. a warning out, and how people are getting ready for the weekend storms. >>> a major bay area movie director shot by alec baldwin on a movie set with a prop gun. he's recovering tonight. i am max darrow, and i will tell you how some of >>> you are watching kpix 5 news at 5:30. >>> we are tracking rain on the way to the bay area. how much rain we expect over the burn scars. >>> we have areas hit hard by wildfires bracing for potential flooding. the preparations happening right now to keep people safe. >>>

concerns and those of other coaches and teachers at mcclymonds, it was not until august 2017 that os usda revealed to the public that there was a lead in the kitchen tap water. >> the water piece was mind blowing. let's be clear, this was -- this would not have happened in a wide area. this would not have happened in concord. this would not have happened in the piedmont. reporter: claims it was his efforts as a whistleblower that prompted oh usd to demote and eventually fire him. do you think it was retaliation? >> absolutely. reporter: abc 7 news reached out to a spokesman for comment and he responded os ud does not comment on pending litigation. is lawsuit seeks money damages and his reinstatement at mcclymonds. >> a means more to me than to just a job. reporter: in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. ama: we move now to today's covid-19 headlines. more americans have died from the virus this year than in the first 10 months of the pandemic. johns hopkins university counts more than 353,000 deaths since january 1. there were 352,000 last year. l.a. passed one of the strictest rules in t

newsom took action to tackle supply chain issues you're hearing a lot about that these days and the usdaeduce salma nela illnesses in poultry plants. ama: and free checking accounts on the rise. michael finney is here with the latest consumer headlines and starts with what you need to know about bank fees. michael. michael: we're busy today, aren't we? a new study finds san francisco has some of the lowest a.t.m. and overdraft fees in the nation. bankrate.com looked at 25 major metro areas, nationally average combined, a.t.m. fees fell to about $4.50 down for a second year in a row. here in san francisco, it's even less. about 20 cents less. and for overdraft fees, the city has the seventh lowest average nationwide. bank-- granting more checking accounts that don't charge monthly fees or require a minimum balance. a new initiative by the u.s. department of agriculture aims to cut the number of people sickened by salma nela, con testimony natured polery by 25%. a huge goal. the agency is working with consumer groups to increase the number of poultry products that are tested for bacteria e

-related stress on farmers and ranchers, what programs and contracts that are offered through the usdaatural resource conservation do you and people in your position, the folks in the industry, which of those programs do you rely on the most? >> there's a whole array of programs, the first that comes to mind would be the natural resource conservation program. there's opportunities to employ best management practices whether it's water development and such so that certainly is an important one. similarly to help support the producer's efforts to put those think tanks and practices on the ground and again helping the long-term mitigation of the other challenges. >> and what potential consequences would your industry face if any of those projects were delayed backlogged or slow down greatly? >> there would be significant challenges. both are opportunities not only to deal with the right now but the long-term sustainability of the operations and of course the sustainability of implications for wildlife and the storage of carbon and other areas so those programs are very meaningful and we e

. >> reporter: to help america's school systems struggling to serve meals, the usda announced it's pumpinga half dollars. the agency reimburses elmore county for davis' grocery runs. you look at a kid eating and think to yourself, you have no idea how hard that was to pull off. >> that's the part with my own kids. if you knew how hard that was to prepare the meal, you would clean it up for me. >> reporter: at redland, relief, the next day's menu was all set. beyond that, it's a mystery. mark strassmann, cbs news, wetumpka, alabama. >> and there is still much more news ahead. >>> tonight, the bombshell report about how some of the world's most influential people are hiding their money. journalists spent two years investigating nearly 12 million confidential files. the financial secrets and offshore dealings were exposed in what's being called, "the pandora papers.” among the leaders mentioned was jordan's king abdullah who reportedly bought homes worth $100 million. and russia's vladimir putin whose mistress reportedly used offshore money to buy a home in monaco. the leaders deny any wrongd

moreover, it ensures usda can continue to help expand economic opportunity, create jobs in rural areas, and fully meet the demand for farm ownership loans. and it provides the authority and funding to allow the food and nutrition service to increase the amount of fruits and vegetables in the w.i.c. food package, increasing nutrition security at a time when food insecurity is rampant across our country. i want to thank the committee staff on both the appropriations and the agriculture committees. i want to thank chair delauro, the ranking member, and the committee members for their dedicated work on the many difficult issues addressed in this bill. hence, i urge my colleagues to support this bill and keep the government open so that the programs meant to help america grow economically and recover from natural disasters can continue to help people all across this country. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas. ms. granger: i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from connecticut. ms. delauro: madam speaker, i yield three minutes

i wanted to note that the usda announcement today, sec. vilsack spoke about our efforts to address competition a few weeks ago. talked about how the pandemic revealed vulnerabilities in our food system, including a consolidation in processing capacity. , leading to the increase in prices as people go to the grocery store and try to buy other products to feed their families. we know farmers are losing money. consumers are paying more. we need more competition, and we can do that i helping small and midsized farmers. the more processing capacity we have, the more competition there is for farmers. consumers will get fair prices, too. the department of agriculture is announcing the food chain supply guarantee program, using rescue funds to leverage millions in loan guarantees to expand capacity and address bottlenecks in supply more broadly. today's announcement adds a new commitment to the $500 million previously announced to support processing capacity. welcome back. do you have a rotation? go ahead. reporter: senator manchin says he wants t

forest service which is a part of the usda and a number of our funding that we deploy directly through the usda when it comes to force management overseas. >> in follow-up i would love to get details that you all might have about some of the incentives benefits of the long range returns and climate change but also impacts on the ground for local producers in these practices for them. and really addressing climate change in the agriculture state but we also know that the analysis indicates the climate change really dire consequences for many and those who rely on uragriculture for their subsidee of life. in some cases we seen the significance the completion and loss of life and profitability in the international intergenerational farms and all large. and in some cases contributed to the considering migrating. so, specifically about latin america but i would welcome you to go beyond that and how much in your forecast or have you seen what the root causes ofs migration is i would change related or the impact of climate change on the livelihood. >> we are absolutely seeing that i think whe

. >> reporter: to help america's school systems struggling to serve meals, the usda announced it's pumpingthe agency reimburses elmore county for davis' grocery runs. you look at a kid eating and think you have no idea how hard that was to pull off. >> that's just like with my own kids. y'all know how hard that was? you can clean it up for me. >> reporter: at redland, relief. the next day's menu was all set. beyond that, it's a mystery. mark strassmann, cbs news, alabama. >>> when hurricane ida slammed into the gulf coast five weeks ago, it knocked down nearly 30,000 power poles and left nearly a million homes and businesses in the dark. most of the lights are now back on, but in some hard-hit coies li grand isle, the ontinu. power crews have been work day and night, and they're getting a helping hand from an army of thankful locals. steve hartman reports. >> reporter: after hurcane ida, linemen from across the country came here to southern louisiana to restore power and found an angel in the flood. >> hot lunch! >> reporter: a woman actually named angel flood. >> we've got gumbo, y'all. >

the usda was given authority to feed children safe thing conveniently last year. there was a 3.3 help -- 22 million children. more than half black and brown children. congress must extend tune sure schools have the ability they need to keep children fed. millions of marginalized children have food insecurity. long term, -- closest excluding them to 9 million more children. this is critical. 10.8 million children, 58% of children of color live in households where they can't qualify for meals and have to learn to get by. congress must pass the build back better act and continue universal preschool means. finally, we must -- get children in foster care who are caught up from support without a permanent family. when covid hit, more than half of our foster youth faced food insecurity. two thirds were lost jobs, and 37% from -- consolidated corporations act in 2021 provided 400 million dollars to help former foster youth get by, and stability for security. they expire september 30th -- keeping from poverty and being an housed. congress must -- not support so no child wi

there are several numbers floating around from 27% on turkeys based on usda information that is out right looking at 22% which is $3.80 on 15 pounds grade a frozen turkey and that depends how the retailer plan their holiday season. summer retailers take ownership of their frozen grade a turkeys in advance of the holiday season. as early as last spring. others have contracts for those birds. we are talking anybody buying those turkeys on the open market but with all that said, thanksgiving dinner will cost slightly more but we are seeing price increases impact all consumer goods this winter everything from toys to cars. todd: you should buy your turkeys on the open market, not the black market, don't know what a black market bird looks like. what softens the blow if you're trying to buy for thanksgiving dinner? >> plan your menu ahead. start planning for thanksgiving, christmas, hanukkah, whatever holiday you are celebrating, sign up for your retailer loyalty and reach out to registered dietitians. they have a great way of helping and reduce your pricing. through the loyalty apps retailers

usda reported annual food insecurity in 2020 did not rise for the population and increased only modestly among households with children. i mefr could have imagined that would have been true when this crisis started. when we updated the pulse data a few months later, though, we could see things took a wrong turn in november as infections rose and economic recovery stalled. hardship was on the rise. by the end of 2020, i believed we were headed in the wrong direction, without further federal action. then congress acted twice through the covid-19 relief bill and the american rescue plan, and we could see the impact in the pulse data clear as day. from december 2020 to april 2021, food insufficiency plummet ed by 40%, financial instability troped by 45% and reports of adverse mental health problems fell 20%. hardship has inched up in recent months as we get further away from the eips but remains well below levels seen last december. scores of other studies come to similar conclusions about the success of this unprecedented safety net response. the credit scores of americans are better now th

according to the usda 15 past 15 pounder rather will cost 2150 this year.last year when many gatherings were downsized due to the pandemic. for your money. now there's new hope for cancer prevention a new study for a potential vaccine aimed at stopping the disease just launched at the cleveland clinic. >> that study is the first aimed at preventing triple negative cancer. and that is the deadliest and most aggressive form of cancer. the study for a vaccine will include up to 24 patients who have completed treatment for early-stage triple negative cancer within the past 3 years and who are currently tumor free but still at high risk for recurrence. >> this day has been more than 2 decades in the making. our previous preclinical studies showed that this vaccine strategy was safe and effective in preventing cancer in mice. the research also found that a single vaccination could prevent tumors from occurring while also inhibiting the growth of already existing tumors. >> participants will receive 3 vaccinations. 2 weeks apart. the study is estimated to be compl

. >>> the usda urging packaged prepared foods to cut down on salt.0% of salt intake comes from sodium that is added during the manufacturing process by salt consumption, can lead to cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure. >>> the rolling stones will no longer perform one of their biggest hits, "brown sugar." stone's frontman mick jagger and keith richards say it depicts the horrors of slavery. it has not played it on its current no filter tour. >>> one pushed the big lie. one stood in the way. both now of interest to the january 6 committee. house investigators have subpoenaed former d.o.j. official jeffrey clark. remember him? he's the guy who was so desperate to get in trump's good grace that he drafted a letter that no one with any sense would have signed, claiming that the justice department found voter fraud in georgia, even though it had not. one of those who stood up to clark and the former president, former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen. cnn has learned the committee interviewed him for eight hours wednesday. >>> and today tim

. >> reporter: so the usda has offered some financial assistance for schools and yet school budgets ingh stakes example of the supply chainish yous hitting americans across the country from home goods to prices for necessities and for those helping families that are food insecure and certainly for the families themselves they are worried, jake, about the months ahead. >> welcome to cnn. great to have you. >> thank you. >> an important piece. >>> a vaccine for young kids is on the horizon. is it smart to drop mask mandates? we'll discuss with a doctor, next. but it's also a game, of information. because the nfl is connected. and at any moment, the fate of the season can come down to this. billions of secure connections, per second. when the game is on the line and the game is always on the line touchdown! the nfl relies on cisco. [oof] i'll also be needing, stain remover, club soda and a roll of paper towels. [sfx: doorbell rings] lifesaver! [blegh] you're weird, man. to each his own. for people living with h-i-v, keep being you. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complet

. >> reporter: so right now the usda is providing some financial assistance for schools, but districtse cases it's drastic and it's hard to say what the long-term impacts of all of this could be. but really across the food supply issue, there is a lot of concern, brianna, for the months ahead. >> such a great report, gabe. you're really revealing the problem and showing who it is affecting. and i also want to welcome you to the cnn and "new day" family. of course we'll see so much more of you. thanks for being on this morning. >> reporter: thanks, excited to be on with you. >> gabe cohen. >>> we are standing by for president biden to depart from his hotel ahead of a meeting with the pope at the vatican. we are live in rome next. hi i'm joe montana. when you get to be 65, you have little patience for nonsense and inefficiency. you know what works and you become a pro at pretty much everything. ♪ ♪ that's why when i qualified for medicare, i went with wellcare. ♪ ♪ with no cost or low monthly premium plans, and no primary care or prescription copays. they're pros at helping you keep more

reporter: yeah, liz, according to the usda, pumpkins cost about 13% more than they did last year we'reac pumpkin carvers in yonkers, new york where the owners say they're also noticing a scare it it in some of these that they need desperately this weekend because of bad weather in the region. this business has been in operation for 15 years, and even under these pressures with covid and the supply chain, they still say, that last year and this year are shaping up to be some of the busiest years they've had. take a look at some of the spectacular creations that they have created out of pumpkin s. they've carved pumpkins into frankenstein, skeletons, traditional halloween themes and also created patriotic monuments like mount rushmore, even meduss a. now liz just like the wide rang ing carvings they've created they also have wide ranging price tags. they start around a couple hundred dollars going into the thousands, but they say there is strong demand. i can tell you there are even carvers working here at the studio now, they are working nearly around the clock to keep up with the order

according to the usda, a 15 pounder that will kasia 2150 this up by about $5 over last year when many due to the pandemic. >> to buy a bigger bird this year paying way more for it. in. so i guess be thankfully. so if your health is that. >> federer yeah. and that we can actually all get together. you know, in person will get together. that's a that's a big deal. can't wait for that. thanks for being with us on this hour of kron 4 news in primetime. better primetime news continues at the top the morris i know it's going to be more specific. this story made me very thanksgiving yet. thank you, vicki and grant grant will be joining me tonight on kron 4 news at 10. and here's what we're working on. children ages 5 to 11 could soon be rolling up their sleeves as fda advisors vote to recommend emergency use of the pfizer vaccine in children. >> a local health officials are preparing for the new rollout and big news with the oakland a's fans, alameda county leaders throw their support behind a new waterfront ballpark how tonight's vote plays a critical role in efforts to try and keep the tea

charitable grant over the summer for the first study, bigelow labs was just granted $10 million from the usdatudy was to reduce methane emissions, they had to be very careful the seaweed didn't affect milk production because that's what makes these cows valuable to the market. >> farmers get the feed based on milk, fat and protein, so all goes to reduce methane but at the same time not reducing those milk components. >> reporter: researchers say they think the seaweed may actually improve that performance because reducing all of that burping and farting, allows the cows to use that energy instead for milk and beef production. >> we think this is a great market opportunity for dairy production and it's also a major commodity for the state. >> reporter: not to mention a breath of fresh air for the planet for "the news," i'm diana olick in new hampshire. >>> welcome in southern california, beaches are back open after the massive oil spill last week. officials in huntington beach made the call after tests showed no signs of oil toxins in the water. surfers wasted no time catching waves, too that'

covid select subcommittee which you chair, looking into the trump administration's handling of the usda's food box program. you shared with our team a letter you sent to the inspector general calling for a review, saying the program was, quote, operated in a manner that created significant risks of fraud, waste, and abuse. talk to me about that, congressman. did you find any evidence of fraud and abuse? >> well, let's put it this way. if you're giving out $39 million to a company to do this work, and the company has never done anything but sponsor wedding receptions, that's not the kind of background and experience that's needed to do this work. and one company got around $30 million and had only ten employees. and that includes part-time. they had no capacity to do this work. and still another company got over $40 million and when the alarm bells were raised, the trump administration took the money back. so yes, there is a lot of indication here that something is amiss. and we need to have the inspector general pick up where we are now and move forward with some recommendations and not t

elementary school in north hollywood say they're also standing in solidarity with teachers refusing to usdaink i have the right with other parents to stand up for our children and for our teachers. because we want our children and our teachers to have a choice. how can i work the two previous years? l usd during the pandemic at the height and i was a hero. and now i can't work. earlier this month, governor newsom announced all eligible k through 12 students would be required to be vaccinated once the fda gives full approval for their age groups. i prefer my kid to have the vaccine. i think it's a protection my sense doing much better now that he's back to school. so far, only the pfizer vaccine has received full approval for those 16 and up. i don't want to get the vaccine for my child, because i believe they're too young. there are no studies. we should wait for a couple of years be able to see. what's going to happen in the long run. meanwhile, the l. a unified school district continues to stress that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risk and they encourage parents to keep their k

usda will say we can. when we can have them on the dpround, your only as god as your program officer in many of these situations. it's really important to have that partnership and for people to understand you have to push back on your program officers. you have to explain to them because they're the ones that will go to the assistant secretary and say this is how this program needs to change in order for us to meet the vision. that's the only thing i encourage people is push back because that is the way you get the feedback. that's the story of broadband right now. broadband was since 1996, the goal of it has been to get the private sector to provide for the needs. i think with the pandemic and everything, now the federal and state governments are saying forget it. we need to provide for the needs and we can't listen to the companies anymore because no one is getting their needs served and rural regions and tribal regions. it's that constant push back that help design where we are now. >> you all are pret

we have received funding from the water smart program and usda to make improvement to the irrigation and our farmland but the need exceeds the capacity of these programs and our ability to provide 50 percent matching funds by joining with the state and local and private sector the creative partnerships we started to make up for the lack through the irrigation project. thee committee's inclusion of $150 million of reconciliation proposals to assist tribal governments will greatly help us and other tribes we hold the senior water rights and is a largest single user from the colorado river and arizona our water rights given by the us supreme court decision was a priority date of 1865 and is not unlikely to be shortened despite the challenges are tribe faces we are willing to help the lower basin through the drought contingency plan authorized by legislation and approved by this committee the colorado river indian tribe with more than 150,000 acres from lake mead and system conservation this water and contribution since 2016 has raised the water level by more than 3 feet and in addition

according to the usda, a average family of four on a low budget paid roughly $196 per week for groceries in 2019. that's almost enough right there to require your bank to turn over your information. mr. bost: with skyrocketing inflammation and costs getting higher and what if you pay rent and have credit card bills and have a car payment or need to buy gas you can drive back and forth to work to support your family. that can easily extend the threshold and probably five times over. this proposal is not simply targeting the richest americans or big corporations, it means the i.r.s. will have the personal information of almost every american with a bank account. this is an invasion of your privacy and a serious cybersecurity risk and with that, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> madam speaker, pursuant to house resolution 716, i call up the bill h.r.2119 to amend the family balance prevention services act and to make improvements to the bill and to ask for its immed

we have received funding from the water smart program and usda program to make improvements to the federal irrigation project and our farmland. the need greatly exceeds the capacity of these programs and our ability to provide the required 50% matching funds. by joining with the state, local and private sector we have created partnerships we have started to make up for the lack of a federal investment in the irrigation project. the committee's inclusion of $150 million and that reconciliation proposal to assist tribal government addressing the drought will greatly help us and other tribes. we hold the senior water right for the lower basin and are the largest single user of the water from the colorado river in arizona. our water right was quantified by the u.s. supreme court in the arizona versus california decision with the priority date of 1865. and it's not likely to be shortened. despite the challenges were providing help to the rest of the lower basin through the drought contingency plan which was authorized by legislation approved by this committee. the colorado river indian tribes a