secretary vilsack: the senate worked hard. they did listen to one another and find a way to increase our summer feeding program. but that's a program that is equally important. kids are in school for 180 days and during that period of time, unless we have more aggressive programs there are many kids who are food insecure. >> we should vote. if you look at this, dramatic results, the results are dramatic on the degree with is enhanced nutrition benefits. the data on the degree to which irrelevant helps on the food ecurity program is dramatic. mr. secretary, you haveal terrific review. could you talk about that. secretary vilsack: i'm proud of the fact that we have improved of the number of meals served from the summer of 2009 to last summer. e are serving half a million more kids than we did in 2009. hat's the good news. roughly 20 million to 21 illion kids. we are probablely feeding four illion children. rom is a significant delta between the school day and the summer months. we need to provide parents and we are probablely fe

secretary vilsack: the senate worked hard. they did listen to one another and find a way to increase our summer feeding program. but that's a program that is equally important. ids are in school for 180 days and during that period of time, unless we have more aggressive programs there are many kids who are food insecure. >> we should vote. if you look at this, dramatic results, the results are amatic on the degree with is enhanced nutrition benefits. the data on the degree to which irrelevant helps on the food security program is dramatic. mr. secretary, you haveal terrific review. could you talk about that. secretary vilsack: i'm proud of the fact that we have improved of the number of meals served from the summer of 2009 to last summer. we are serving half a million more kids than we did in 2009. that's the good news. million20 million to 21 kids. we are probablely feeding four million children. from is a significant delta between the school day and the summer months. we need to provide parents and children this e.b.t. card

secretary vilsack: i don't think it is being ignored. i think there has been a good deal of conversation about poverty, income inequality. watchedrom iowa, i have the presidential campaign beg in. there was a lot of conversation about economic opportunity, support for programs that would provide people a chance to make it. i'm not sure it is being ignored by the candidate. it may very well be not something the media is focused on. because they are more interested in the theatrics of the campaign. i guess that is a polite way of referring to what is going on. it may be doesn't sell as much advertising as some of the stuff that is being ordered. we shouldi think demand more from our presidential campaigns. candidates but from the campaigns and coverage of campaigns. there are a lot of issues that are not being discussed as they ought to be or in a serious manner. like the conversation we are having today. i think of rural poverty. are a couple of candidates who have detailed plans about rural poverty but there has been a conversation about

." >> now, agriculture secretary tom vilsack, he sits down with us to talk about the issue of hunger and food insecurity that affects many american families. former iowa governor discusses the impact of hunger, child nutrition and the challenges facing rural communities. from the brookings institute, this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning. i'm bob ruben and my sole assignment is to welcome all of you. today's hamilton project discussion of food security. having said that, let me make two comments. number one, the hamilton project began about 10 years ago, and our purposes from the beginning would support policy development around the country and to promote purpose in policy dialogue. and i think those purposes, policy development and most particularly seriousness of purpose in policy dialogue, have become ever more important as the policy -- what goes for pie is i dialogue is descended ever more into ideology, into politics and into partisanship. and our commitment is to try to do our little part in keeping alive that seriousness of purpose. secondly from the beginning

i'd be cool too if i was stuck in a room where tom vilsack is showing stephen chu how to do the harlem shake. >> it's good to see that white house press secretary and boy detective jay carney is here. it's a big night for jay. i haven't seen him this nervous since the president told him, look, just go out there and tell them the website's broken. they'll understand. that actually probably was a moment. mr. president, you have to admit, and you already have, the launch of healthcare.gov was a disaster. it was so bad. it was bad. look, i don't even have an analogy because the website is now the thing people use to describe other bad things. they say stuff like, i shouldn't have eaten that sushi. i was up all night healthcare.gov-ing. boy, that latest johnny depp movie really healthcare.gov-ed at the box office. oh, look at my new rug. the dogs healthcare.gov-ed on it? you can't get healthcare.gov out of shag. but thanks to obamacare, or as the president refers to it, me care, millions of newly insured young americans can visit a doctor's office and see what a print magazine actually look

and i look forward to the conversation between bob and secretary vilsack that will explore these. therer many children who are food insecure and el available for programs like school meals, wic and s.n.a.p. but for some reason are not participating he also has evidence that increases in benefits, substantially impact food security. for example, it's long been more than that children's food instituter and very low food security status spikes when school is not session. the department of agriculture fielded pilot program with an exceptionally strong research design component to test how additional summer feeding benefits. a 60-monthly food voucher of the summer reduced food insecurity in children to 20%, and very low food insecurity status by 35%. finally, evidence shows that s.n.a.p. improve this broader financial well-being of householdes, not only reducing food insecurity but by shoring up resources available for food, also reduces the likelihood that the household will fall behind on major exposes like housing and utility and are less likely to skip an a needed trip to the docto

i would be cool if i were in a room where tom vilsack was showing steven shoou how to do the harlem shake. >> it's good to see thaw jay carney is here. big night for jay. i haven't seen him this nervous since the president told him, look, just go out there and tell them the website's broken. they'll understand. that actually probably was a moment. mr. president, you have to admit, and you already have, the launch of health care.gov was a disaster. it was so bad. it was bad. look, i don't even have an analogy because the website is now the thing people use to describe other bad things. they say stuff like, eh, i shouldn't have eaten that sushi. i was up all night health ca care.goving. that latest johnny depp movie really healthcare.goved at the office. and look at my new rug, the dogs health care.gov on it. you can't get that out of shag. but thanks to obamacare, or as the president refers to it, me care, millions of newly insured young americans can visit a doctor's office and see what a print magazine actually looks like. that's awesome. >> mr. president, thank you so much for taking ti

i would feel cool if john vilsack was showing how to do the harlem shake. [laughter] it's good to see the white house press secretary is here. [laughter] i haven't seen him this nervous since the president told him just go out there and tell them the website is broken. they will understand. [laughter] mr. president, you have to admit and you already have the launch of healthcare .gov was a disaster. it was so bad i don't even have an analogy because it is now the thing people use to describe it other bad things. [laughter] they say stuff like i shouldn't have eaten all that sushi. i was up all night healthcare.goving orthopedist johnny depp movie really at the box office. you can't get healthcare.gov out of chad but thanks to this or as the president refers to it, mecare, millions of uninsured can visit a doctor's office in tdr.'s office in tosee that to deceive a print magazine actually looks like. [laughter] [applause] mr. president, thank you so much for taking time away from jimmy kimmel to be here. it's amazing to see the president having this fancy di

secretary vilsack certainly recognized that and in the budget request for fiscal year '17 there is a proposed $30 million increase for animal health emergency response. we realized how lucky we were to get on top of the avian influenza after all the damage it did do. that here. i'll certainly answer any questions. >> thank you mr. shea. our next with the is dr. aaron firoved. it's kind of pronounced -- yeah, whatever. firoved. director of the national immigration center in the office of affairs in homeland security. he served as the biodefense adviser and chief medical officer of the department. dr. firoved. pretty close, huh? >> sir, we've got generations of people being called firevoid. in my family. so -- chairman and members of this committee, i want to thank you for this opportunity to speak today. i appreciate the opportunity to testify on the homeland security role's in biodefense. with my colleagues. as you mentioned i'm the director of the national biosurveillance immigration center. i'm a microbiologist by training and work at the national institute of health. these experie

secretary vilsack certainly recognized that and in the budget request for fiscal year '17 there is a proposed $30 million increase for animal health emergency response. we realized how lucky we were to get on top of the avian influenza after all the damage after all the damage that it did do. mr. chairman, this concludes my testimony. i appreciate the opportunity to be here. i'll certainly answer any questions. >> thank you, mr. shea. our next witness is dr. aaron firoved. it's kind of pronounced -- yeah, whatever. firoved. director for the national biosurveillance integration center in the office of health affairs in the department of homeland security. he previously served as the senior biodefense adviser to the assistance secretary for health affairs and chief medical officer of the department. dr. firoved. pretty close, huh? >> sir, we've got generations of people of being called firewood in my family. chairman johnson ranking member carpeter an distinguished members of this committee, i want to thank you for invite pg me to speak to you today. i appreciate the opportunity to tes

talks about vilsack government assistance programs. the former head of the u.s. central command, you tired general james mattis, says a ran is the threat to enduring stability in the middle east. he also talked about the situation in syria. this is an hour. say, this is the second in a series we have been hosting. i am trying to understand the new power geometry in the gulf. the nuclear agreement has changed the landscape. on our third session, we will have lisa anderson who is the former president of the american university in cairo. the get the announcement do you as well. i don't want to waste your time