usda provided feedback once again. have you had any conversations with administrator reagan about the importance of it and why usda feedback should be imposed? >> i had a number of conversations about the important role usda has but frankly congressman it is a tough issue. i don't want the epa administrator to call me and tell me how to do my job. our job is to bribe -- provide the information. epa makes the decision. it is our job to figure out ways to help farmers comply if they can. >> i understand. those of us in this room do not stand up for our ag, no -- producers, no one else will. how much were you involved in the rewrite of the rule that went into effect, were you able to provide impact -- to the process? >> do you want me to respond in writing? >> respond in writing. we will keep within expectations i said. >> i yield back the time i no longer have. >> it's gladly received. now, i recognize the congressman from michigan. >> great to see you. i'm proud to be the only one from michigan on the side along with th

i would like to know if usda had input in the department of labor's rulemaking process and what usda has expressed on behalf of those farmers. >> i will tell you what they expressed, the modernization act that would've saved farmers hundreds of millions of dollars. that's the answer, congressman. that is the answer. >> that is a broad answer. we have a specific concern. in the interim, mr. secretary, with the usda -- >> we have data and this makes calculations and they basically run it through a process or formula and that's precisely why the farmworkers modernization act is important is because -- >> i appreciate you advocating. in the interim, having usda at least advocate within that rulemaking process until such time would be reassuring and helpful to the farmers that are affected. >> i'm happy to advocate for farmers, and that's what advocating for, a process that provides greater predictability than what we have today. >> usda is not in this rulemaking case making any advocacy or advocating for the broad legislation? >> i'm not quite sure what you mean. >> my time is up and i a

the usda -- would divest at u.s. agricultural, resulting and potential loss of roman control, increased crop damage, and sprayed of animal and human diseases. mister secretary, do you agree it was fortunes would result in the loss of rodent control and have you personally been in contact with the epa about restricting the use of these words in the sides? >> the process we use is for our office that works on these issues to work collaboratively with apa to provide that information. which we have done. and which we will continue to do. the reality is, at the end of the, day the decision and obviously the epa. it is not a responsibility as u.s.d.a. to figure out if there are ways we can use the conservation resources or other resources at's u.s.d.a. to comply with whatever regulation epa is adopting. >> i appreciate that. i know that you do a great job of listening to people across this country on this. representative -- and myself, a democrat from illinois, we have a number of these issues that are very acute for our c

so the usda investigator determined that -- or poultry company in mississippi violated usda rules and actively gym e nateed against back farmers. so the original complaints were filed between 2010-2015, but we still have not seen justice for the affected farmers. i just wanted to put that out there, and if anybody has any suggestions about how we can afford a fair system that works for all growers, we'd like to hear it. i'm going to share some information there my office that i have about this discrimination as it relates to black farmers. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> thank the gentlelady. now recognize mr. kelly for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the current administration continues to tout importance of increasing meat and poultry process capacity across the nation. however, their policies on line tells another story. mr. brown, if all of the poultry processing plants currently operating at higher speeds under waivers were suddenly forced to shut down their operations, what effect would it have onslaughter capacity, the supply chain and the food security? mr.

tell me know, the usda. you told me other countries are beating us in production and in line speeds. tell me what's the holdup on getting the job sir typically fe chicken industry it's been 140 birds per minute. when president clinton was in office the usda came up with a program. it was a trial program to see if companies that qualified could operate at 175 birds per minute. that's been ongoing sings 1998. groups came and sued the usda about having line speed program. we went to court andined the usd a. they were supposed to do a study the food safety profile is equivalent and also the workers are equipment we had the 185 waver. we could bo gag to 140 when others are at 220. >>> thank you mr. brown. i'll yield back. >> the gentleman's time expired. i recognize myself. if you want to continue on. >> sorry, i missed the click mr. chairman. with regards to the rules in our testimony that we are, you know, upset with is basically congress never authorized this rules. i think, as you know. in 2010 during the fir

that is why usda is proud to support president biden's competition executive order to increase competition in america's food and agricultural markets. this will help lower food costs for american families while also giving farmers and ranchers more and better options. today we are excited to announce the launch of an agricultural partnership with 32 partisan state attorneys general to leverage both federal and state resources to combat anticompetitive and anti-consumer behavior. we are pulling our investigative resources and legal authorities that will enable us to better crack down on anticompetitive and anticonsumer practices that raise prices at the grocery store. this enforcement partnership will address the lack of competition in a range of markets, including consolidation of grocery markets that are now dominated large chains and consolidation in the meat and poultry processing, among others. this builds upon the broader regulatory goal to support communities and lower costs for american consumers. we are already seeing the impact these exchanges are having on american armors. a few

the first way we are starting to answer that question is the usda are actually sitting down and we are really talking through the department of interior. we are actually having conversations about how we reduce the bureaucratic headache, the whack a mole. i think there are specific areas where it makes sense for state agencies to serve in that hub. we have enough grace to say we are not conceding or authority by lying on our state to help get the job done. i think you're exactly right. we have to depend on our state agency to do a little bit more coordinating. we need hell a trust. as we begin to look at how we invest these billions of dollars, i think it absolutely makes sense that we invest these dollars in the state and have you all running point on where the solutions are and how these dollars be administrated. it is important that we see this economically. >> thank you for the time today. the hollow from hawaii. you've been a very great partner. this is a bit of an off-the-wall question. i am just curious if there is a position on what is happening in japan at fukushima and how th

our kelsi thorud samples the first usda cultivated chicken. >>> and later a creative new effort to savestruggling honey bees by literally thinking outside the ve >>> now at 6:30, president biden arrived in the united kingdom this evening. he's spending the night in london, before meeting with the recent liquor nateed king charles in the u.k.'s prime minister tomorrow. a part of a five-day trip in lithuania. >> all against the backdrop of the controversial decision to send cluster musician in ukraine. >> reporter: amid the carnage in ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy has been lobbying hard for nato membership, something president biden says is currently not in the cards. >> i don't think it's ready for membership in nato. i don't think there is at this moment in the middle of the war. >> reporter: the u.s. has agreed to send cluster munitions to ukraine. the move is controversial because of the threats to innocent civilians. cluster munitions break up like a firework midair, dropping smaller bomb lets across a large region, which can remain underground for years, and could explode long after

usda has been a leader in delivering those benefits to our local communities. worked tirelessly to increase world communities' access to program and improve customer services at regional offices across the country and importantly she championed usda's workforce, improving staff moral and building our data and technology. had she enjoys broad support from over 80 stakeholders, including the american farm bureau federation, national farm, western growers, national association of department, the agriculture, rice association as well as the congressional hispanic caucus. i'm pleased that she enjoys broad support in this chamber and was advanced unanimously out of our committee. her role is not only critical to overseeing the department's efforts to improve its workforce, it also -- it also improves customer service, which i know she is focused on. the deputy secretary position is also vital to our work as we continue to draft a bipartisan farm bill. her confirmation is a great opportunity for the senate to show that we can work together in a bipartisan manner. she

austin of dod and secretary vilsack of usda. obviously we want, all of us want to do our very best to protect the public. at the same time, we want to be sure that we understandat the science and understand the technologies that are available to render these persistent compounds while thinking about how we alter putting these chemicals out to the environment. there's a tremendous balance, and i will tell you that we are pursuing a drinking water standard, very transparent in that there was about $10 million in the bipartisan infrastructure lawra that is designed to help s as we design these standards to make sure that we don't leave our small rural water systems stranded with some of these huge challenges. we are also looking at a setting cleanup levels for some of these companies that have polluted our lands and waters, but also holding the government accountable fornt their role in the pollution of these lands and waters as well. so this is a long-standing issue. i think you've seen some of these companies just settled law sui

biden's scary new bid to stop inflation destroying his polls, get dozens of state a.g.s, the doj, the usda, the ftc, even hud to go after grocery stores and the meat industry. and a renewed push in the nat to ban congress -- in the senate to ban congress stock trading again puts in focus the timing of trades by nancy pelosi's trades around legislation. i'm elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ ♪ elizabeth: staying on the story, veteran irs agents still testifying. two whistleblowers light up congress testifying about political abuses of power inside the doj and the fbi to protect joe biden, a case so serious and egregious it required search warrants. but the whistleblowers say doj officials blocked them and busted down multiple felonies into misdemeanors for hunter biden. edward lawrence has the update, and he's live at the white house with the story. >> reporter: yeah, liz, the irs at the center of this growing debate about weaponizing agencies to protect the president as well as go after opponents. now, the second irs whistleblower now identified and testifying, as

and of course while the macro-level data usda collects can provide valuable information, farmers are already beginning to look to the next frontier collecting real-time micro level data from their own fields. i've introduced the promoting proo he significance agriculture act to helicopter advance precision agriculture technology and ass how more farmers to take advantage of this data revolution. because without a reliable internet connection precision agriculture technology doesn't get very far, i'm has working to enshould you are that my bill to streamline usda's authorities and enshould you are that funding go toss areas where at least 90% of households lack broadband access is included in this year's farm bill. mr. president, producing the food that fills americans' dinner tables is no easy task. we owe the men and women who do this important work the certainty that the programs they depend on will be there for them. i hope that leaders in both houses of congress will put passing the 2023 farm bill at the very top of our to-do list. and i will do everything i can to advance this i

we must ensure that the usda is able to improve tracking of foreign land ownership and help to ensure our communities are protected and safe from the actions of the chinese communist party. this is a national security issue, and it is time for congress and the biden administration to take swift and decisive action to protect our american farmland. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the man from illinois, mr. quigley, for five minutes. mr. quigley: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today i'm reflecting on a moment that occurred just after i was sworn into this office. my former republican colleague, mark kirk, gave me some of the best advise i ever received. he said in the end anything that gets done here, that is any good, gets done in the middle through compromise. it begs the question, are we currently in a position to work well together? can we effectively govern? the fact is right now the occasion when we work together are few and far between. no established democracy in recent history has been as deeply polarized as the united states

usda's f f i.s. regulates labels. you a suggesting that the distinction is universally held and if itwere, i would think the market would have y accounted for iteverywhere. the problem, as i hear your other friend saying,at iowa, example, disagrees. iowa does not believe that port is being -- i don't know what iowa actually believes, but assume we havea state that thinks it is nota moral to hold their house ina particular way. to what extent doescalifornia get to control whatiowa does with respect to thehousing of its pork? >> does not. the question inthis case is, who decides that appears on california grocerysales that is approved by california. n another state has a lesser standard,it's a defined by calia crucial cells? >>why can't it solve its califo-- morality issue ina different way. if it assumes that it's gon create a burden toallow california to ban all iowapork on the grounds that california disagrees with how iowa produces pork,y shouldn't e ballots tidies be tomply allow california to express its morality

we will talk with the usda forest service official about the plan. there she is, miss california. she has a uc berkeley masters degree holder and accomplished equestrian and olympic hopeful and just the second black contestant to capture the title. we will meet the newly crowned state winner of the miss america pageant, sabrina lewis. we didn't have to wait long, as expected, the war over college admissions has begun, today three groups filed a lawsuit against harvard over preferential admissions for the children of alumni. known as legacies. this just days after the supreme court band the use of race as a standalone factor in college admissions. joining us now to look at the developments and the big picture of where we go from here is the vice provost for graduate admission at uc berkeley and the professional -- and a professor at the school of education. thank you so much for joining us, dean and vice provost and professor. a lot to talk about, starting with today's lawsuit challenging legacy references. explain to people who filed this and what th

congresswoman torres small to serve as deputy agriculture secretary, the number two leadership post at the usda. and also rose marie idalgo to the director of the justice department's violence against women act. the -- office. the house is back in session on tuesday. members are expected later in the week to debate and vote on the annual defense programs and policy bill. watch live coverage of the house on c-span, see the senate on c-span2. and this reminder, you can watch all of our congressional coverage with our free video app, c-span now, or online at c-span.org.

secretary buttigieg: we are working closely with usda. during the most acute periods we teamed up with them on popup ports or container yards that is the more fluid moments. while most are covered in the media in terms of electronics coming in from asia, the issue of american goods being exported is a very important dimension and why we are investing in port infrastructure generally and the president includes a robust request on top for pidp and many of the applications that come in for that program would benefit the. and i appreciate the chance to mention a program called flow. this is a voluntary program where we brought in awe number of players, retailers, ports, anybody we think who has data, it would make our ports more efficient and our supply chains more fluid and signed up a number of players and working toward to have the prototype of that model up and running this year. it will be a small dollar amount but i think an investment well spent for the reasons you are raising. mr. valadao: one of the issues caused some problems with o

the usda approved an antibody to protect newborns from a virus. it is not a vaccine. it is a single shot before rsv season. usually peaks in the fall and the winter. the next step is for the treatment to go before a cdc advisory committee. >> there is a push to make it easier to set up night markets in san francisco and the rest of the state. san francisco assembly member introduced a bill that will help small businesses cut through a lot of the red tape that holds them up in the permitting process. >> we know people love night markets. we see all over asia and all over the united states examples of nights that are thriving where people come together with community, food, culture, music, art. there is no reason why we should not see that happening in our city, too. and creating a statewide permit for night markets and farmer's markets that homeowners need to apply for once a year. >>> thank you for watching us tonight. the new continues on cbs news bay area. we will see you back here at 11:00. have a great evening (warehouse ambience) introducucing togo's's nenew fren

so we have at the usda, we call the danger zone.s is when food has been sitting out for two hours beyond two hours in temperatures of 40 to 140 degrees after they've sat out for two hours in these temperatures, bacteria can grow inside of the food and get it sick. however during the hot summer months, like july, july, when temperatures are 90 degrees and above, that two hour window becomes a one hour window. so make sure you're keeping track and getting food back in the fridge or in a cooler nestled under some ice within one hour's time. well, it took decades, but a teenage love story finally gets its happy ending. we'll show you what happened at the tampa airport when the two met up for their 60th high school reunion but as reporter ariel placentia tells us, the couple reconnected at their reunion and their surprise engagement has now gone viral. spend time in busy tampa international airport and missed connections. can happen if you're not paying attention. that is unless it's a romantic one. we admired each other from a distance.

we worked with the secretary at usda to be sure that we implement the rule, we leverage resources across the federal family so we believe the economic impact would be positive because we thought that the farmers and farming communities would have uncertainty. sen. britt: there are economic and -- impacts and many of those have been negative. in alabama alone, sbc says over 64,000 small businesses have been impacted by that and that is 165,000 employees. i am of the belief that our foresters and farmers have tended to their land upon generations and they depend of the fruitful list -- the fruitfulness of the land to continue to do their job and i believe food security is national security. we cannot feed our clove ourselves -- workload ourselves, nothing else matters. i noticed a pattern of concern from people coming to my office and discussing the epa and many have feared the epa is regulate password science can support. alabamians. that epa regulations are more predicted based on the green new deal ideology than that of the science and technology before us. with pfas, the current epa pr

in fact, usda has appr labels such as catch fr proposition 12 compliant. but it es an explanation of what that means, er to have the consuderstand. so the states interest and allowing its citizens to exercise their not to get morally complicit if an individual consumer believes that, it is furthered by the label in provisions that usda has approvedill be prepared to approve. >> nadler, you mentioned the state interest in health and safety. does that extent tomorrow values of the sbeyond >> the state can nly have moral -- interest on moral values for elimination for regulating conduct within the state. but the question, with respect the raising of picks and other st how the issue should be weighed there is againstmic -- against countervai interests on behalf of the pigs. it's something that state should regulate, not california. unrelated --here is a totally you can't sel in california, unless you have a certain amount of energy related at some leve whatever, something totally unrelated eggs. t all? right >>i would think. not i would think that under pike n

and the other service can make changes to the usda practices to encourage change in the category. even that we are running low on time, i will move quickly through this slide which talks about the opportunity for beccs to be an economic engine in rural communities and other communities like pulp and paper communities that are more likely to have bioenergy already and have seen a decline in their jobs. it is important to engage these communities and understand how we can make sure beccs is in communities that want it and where it can have the greatest benefit. in addition to this, one of the other rules of the road that has already been mentioned a couple times today is greenhouse gas accounting. these are not necessarily issues that are unique to beccs but common across look clean energy technologies. but they are particularly important with beccs because it involves supply chains and removals that can happen at different times with different ownership. it is crucial of the project to measure and verify they are producing the benefit they hope to. they have been -- there have been

the number two leadership post at the usda. and rosemarie to be director of the justice department's violence against women office, the houses back in session on tuesday, members are expected later in the week to debate and vote on the annual defense programs and policy bill. watch live coverage of the house on c-span, the senate on c-span two and a reminder you can watch all of our congressional coverage with our free video app c-span now or online at c-span.org. next to look into the federal government's response to anti-asian racism in the state of black and asian relations in the u.s.. u.s. commission on civil rights discussed these matters at this event held at the national press club held in washington dc.

. >>> some good news for parents worried about rsv, the usda says it's approved an antibody to protect newborns from the respiratory virus. it's not a vaccine. it's a single shot before rsv season which usually peaks in the fall and winter. the next step is for the treatment to go before a cdc advisory committee. >>> it's been one year since the rollout of the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline nationwide. since then lifeline has answered calls from millions struggling with their mental health. as bradley blackburn reports, a new survey shows many people don't know it. >> reporter: monica anderson is standing by to listen. >> this is monica. what's going on for you today? >> reporter: the counselor is answering calls for the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline. >> we're just assessing, helping them understand that we all need a little help sometimes. >> reporter: new data shows the 988 lifeline has answered nearly 5 million contacts in the past year, 2 million more than the previous year. >> it's to be a space of support and easy to remember three-digit number where someone in a crisis state

and the usda, you're not a united states department of agriculture, which are all regulatory bodies in question, evidence of document tam brain, etc. and they all look the other way and the, the most or bridges, or a couple of things where national science foundation said it, we by law, they get repeatedly and said, is that they contended that by law they're required not to look into whistle blower complaint, while complaints about animal welfare, which makes no sense at all. no, no sense. i have no sense at all. i have to ask you what may be a little bit of a naive question. but it seems to me that none of this would have happened. if the other research or the researcher who had given the the monkey and overdose had said, my goodness, i did something terrible. it was an accident. i overdosed the monkey and he passed away. i'll fill out the form and we inform the government. none of this would have happened. why either, why wasn't that the case? why not just just be honest about it and say, i made a mistake? correct? and that's a short answer is, you know, sometimes it's a, it's a, it'

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like ending male-order chemical -- mail-order chemical abortion, directing the usda secretary to take action to prohibit the purchase of agricultural land by those associated with china, russia, north korea or iran, or even prohibiting funds for the wuhan institute of virology. mr. speaker, all in all, i believe these are good provisions in these two bills. house republicans are doing the good work on behalf of the american people to responsibly fund the federal government, cut wasteful spending and return the focus of our government back to where priorities should lie and not the woke initiatives of green new deal democrats. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. mr. johnson: thank you, my friend. some great points you made there. mr. speaker, i'm happy to yield next to the gentleman in the sere sucker from texas. it's really hut down there. my good friend, mr. babin. dr. babin. dr. babin. mr. babin: thank you, my good friend from louisiana. chairman mike johnson. mr. speaker, there's no doubt about it. wokeness is destroying america. the proof is all around us. it has managed to seep

and the usda, you're not a united states department of agriculture, which are all regulatory bodies in question, evidence of document tab bring, etc. and they all look the other way and the most or bridges or a couple of things where national science foundation said.

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importantly, we are also jointly working with usda. we are developing a joint health and well-being program that really focuses providing mental health support and taking steps to reduce exposure to line of duty hazards. our next big step in an effort to develop this joint program which expands upon a lot of the support we currently provide will be this coming april when we hold a summit where we will bring mental health experts and wild and firefighters together to start to really lay out an evidence-based expansion of health and wellness expanded program. we are excited about the expansion of this program and real excited about this next step in april. i am convinced that these efforts will help the department to better respond to what many people call the new normal for wild and fire, this trend we've been on, catastrophic mega fire and all the impacts that come along with it. we feel this is a critically important piece because everything else i will talk about and highlight, none of it is possible without a good, solid wild and fi

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so the usda said, if you see one, you should "smash spotted lanternflies." smash and spray.s plan was devised by the hulk. [ laughter ] so anyway, during rehearsal one landed right here on the stage as we were talking about it. hand to god. and i did what they tell you to do, i smashed it. [ cheers and applause ] >> you did what? >> jimmy: hold on. [ cheers and applause ] i smashed it. >> you did what? >> jimmy: i smashed it. >> you monster! >> jimmy: what is this? what are you here? >> what do you mean, what am i? i'm a lanternfly. and that beautiful bug that you murdered, that was my mother! >> jimmy: oh, i'm sorry. i didn't know that was your mother. what was your mom's name? >> her name was josh. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: your mother's name was josh? >> yeah, it's a family name, her name was josh, now she's dead, you killed my mother josh! >> jimmy: i'm so sorry. the government said you were a destructive and invasive species and we should squash you and squash your eggs. >> right, the government. okay, yeah. i didn't trust the government with the lockdown, i'm not going to