Nuclear ought to be in the mix. Cspan. Org. On our home page and by searching the video library. President trumps nominee for agriculture secretary, former georgia governor, sonny purdue, testified at his confirmati confirmation hearing. He was questioned about proposed white house budget cuts to farm programs, Crop Insurance, Forest Management, immigrant labor and farm bill reauthorization. Good morning, members of the committee. I call this meeting of the Senate Committee on agriculture, nutrition and forestry to order. This morning we welcome governor sonny perdue, the president s nominee for u. S. Secretary of agriculture. Members of this committee have great appreciation for the farmers, ranchers and consumers and other stakeholders that are directly affected by decisions made by the secretary. The department of agriculture is made up of 29 agencies and offices. It employs nearly 100,000 men and women that work in all 50 states and all around the globe. The department provides lea
Leap on Scientific Research and related issues that impact americans virtually every day. Throughout our nations history, our farmers, ranchers and folks in Rural America have survived drought, disease, floods, and tornadoes and fires and whatever else Mother Nature throws at them. Year after year, they produced the safest most abundant food and fiber supply in the world, however today, growers from cross the country are facing high prices. These strong producers need a strong market for their goods. The importance of trade for agriculture, our agriculture industry cannot be overstated. And if that was not enough, over the last previous years, farmers and ranchers and Rural Businesses have been burdened by regulations all across the federal government. I have heard time and time again as well as many members of this committee about the costly and hard to understand regulations that endanger the ability of our producers to stay in business. This committee will continue its efforts to ma
Feature cloudiness and highs in the upper 30s to around 40. By early next week, a rain snow chance moves into the midwest, but there are large questions on the details this far out. Today chance of showers, mainly in the afternoon and evening. Windy. Wind s 1530. High 55 alo 54 dbq 52 iow 56 thanks kaj. 1shot hurt in a deadly crash on i380 are out of the hospital this morning. We spoke with Cedar Rapids Police this morning. They havent released the names of the two People Killed in the Early Saturday Morning crash. The officers were stopped for Traffic Control following a minor crash. Thats when another vehicle hit the squad car dead at the scene. Police blocked southbound traffic for several hours. Whenever you see news, give us a call on newsline nine. That number is 3193659999. You can also email pictures and video to newsroom at kcrg dot com. President elect donald trump says he doesnt believe Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. As yasmin amer reports, hes critical of the former
The time today was spent making sure haglin understood what she was giving up by allowing the judge along to make a decision. Both sides agreed the judge would decide haglins guilty or innocence only using the minutes of testimony. Thats information the public will never see and typically is only used by prosecutors to justify bringing charges. In this case, the minutes include an interview with the victim by Child Protective Services and a Police Interview with haglin. The judge explained what the defendant was opening statements, closing arguments if you agree to a stipulated trial then that means my decision will be based on information that the parties agree i should use to determine if you are guilty or innocent. Do you understand that . Because the judge will make the decision on information filed by prosecutors, nothing haglin decision. So the charge against her will be the original aggravated misdemeanor instead of the felony count filed later. Thats important for haglin becaus
Not that still makes sense in todays market. They are putting together that work plan. Will be more than happy when that process is completed to obviously provide you Additional Information on precisely what were thinking. The key here is to make sure that the Playing Field is level between those who are owners and those who are producers to make sure theres not an unfair advantage in the relationship and to make sure in difficult times that those who have invested a lot of hard earned resource and time are treated fairly if a contract is terminated order for some reason a contract is modified. We have had examples where folks have been dealt a very serious and difficult blow in tight circumstances. The Avian Influenza situation was important. Particularly those who lost birds. We found not all the payments were going to the producers who were economically suffering as well. We want to make sure its a fair and equitable relationship. Thats the purpose of the review of the rules. What d