Talking about how states administer the program. Another Panel Focused on barriers to nutritional food access in rural areas as snaps Economic Impact on local communities. This hearing is 2 1 2 hours. Good morning. I call this meeting of the Senate Committee on agricultural nutrition in order. Over the last several months, i along with a Ranking Member and our colleagues on this committee having working on a new farm bill, an important part of this process has been to hold hearings on each farm bill title and to listen to stake holders. Im proud to say that the committee has sufficiently conducted our work in this area, having held hearings so far on eight titles. Todays meeting cover Nutrition Program on farm bill. Two titles remain, the process as far as the opportunity to review the full range of usda programs to ensure that they are operating efficiently and effectively. Not every Program Needs a Major Overhaul but many federal programs can benefit from increased efficiency, improv
Good morning. I call this meeting of the Senate Committee on agricultural nutrition in order. Over the last several months, i along with a Ranking Member and our colleagues on this committee having working on a new farm bill, an important part of this process has been to hold hearings on each farm bill title and to listen to stake holders. Im proud to say that the committee has sufficiently conducted our work in this area, having held hearings so far on eight titles. Todays meeting cover Nutrition Program on farm bill. Two titles remain, the process as far as the opportunity to review the full range of usda programs to ensure that they are operating efficiently and effectively. Not every Program Needs a Major Overhaul but many federal programs can benefit from increased efficiency, improved integrity and the production of waste. As we conduct this review, it is important to remember the purpose of these critical Nutrition Programs. They are not about longterm dependency, they are being
Distinction or previous posts here and we appreciate your willingness to serve. Our goal is to enable the committee to consider your qualifications and to allow for deliberation by our members. She has provided substantive written questions. For thoughtful deliberation by our members. Shes provided substantive written questions answers to more than 90 questions presented by the committee and its members. Today, of course, members will be able to ask additional questions and to hear from ms. Elwood in this open session. Courtney comes in front of the committee with the distinguished legal career. After graduating Yale Law School in 1994, courtney clerkd for the u. S. District court of appeals for the Fourth Circuit after which she went to clerk for chief Justice William rehnquist of the Supreme Court sht she then took a job as the associate of kellogg, hub better, hanson in the same firm where she is now a partner. January, 2001, she left the firm to serve as associate counsel to the pr
Csp csp cspspan. Or cspan. Org. Next, a look at hacking attempts by russia which may have targeted as many as 21 u. S. States. We heard yesterday from the person in charge of Cyber Security for the Homeland Security department janet manfra and other intelligence officials. From capitol hill this is a little over three hours. Hearing is in order. Today the committee convenes the sixth open hearing of 2017 to further examine russias interference in the election. This is an opportunity for the committee and the American People to drill down on this vitally important topic. In 2016 a hostile foreign power reached down into the state and local levels to touch voter data. It employed sophisticated cyber tools and capabilities and helped moscow to potentially build detailed knowledge of how our elections work. There was another example of russian efforts to interfere into a democracy with the goal of undermining our system. In 2016 we were woefully unprepared to defend and respond and im hope
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