[inaudible conversations] c good morning. The hearing on agriculture in the state of the Rural Committee will come to order. Bow our heads please. Dear heavenly father we come before you increase to first of all say thank you. We thank you for so Many Blessings as you bestow upon us, many of which we dont even know on this occasion we ask a special blessing on our agriculture industry and that your blessings, upon her new secretary of agriculture, sonny perdue. Dear heavenly father, finally we thank you for your holy spirit. For oftentimes we know not what we should pray for but your holy spirit intercedes for us. We thank you for that and we ask your holy spirit to be in this room today. These and other blessings we ask for your son christ jesus, amen. David thank you. Mr. Secretary welcome. You and i have had several conversations before this party but let me officially congratulate you on becoming our nations 31st secretary of agriculture. We are excited about working with you and c
Birthday in march, the reality of spending more than 1500 nights away from my family over eight years hit me harder than it had before. Representative chaffetz was first elected in 2009. Agriculture secretary sonny purdue testified before congress for the first time yesterday since taking office. He briefed members of the housing a which you are committee on the role of farming, on rural economies throughout the United States. This hearing runs about three and a half hours. Good morning, the hearing on the committee of agriculture entitled state and Rural Economy, secretary of agriculture sonny purdue will come to order. Ive asked david scott to open for us. David . Sure, bow our heads, please. Dear heavenly father we come before your throne of grace to first of all say thank you, we thank you for so Many Blessings that you bestow upon us, many which we dont even know. On this occasion, we ask a special blessing on our agriculture industry and that your blessings come upon our new secr
Bannon and donald trump and the republicans on this fcc roll back on access to the free press. Thank you again very much. Thank you all for being here. And stay woke [ cheers and applause ] thank you, congresswoman. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies. That is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Later today on cspan3, canadas National Defense minister talks about his countrys defense policy, support for nato, protecting Canadas Arctic territory, and funding for troops and equipment. Hosted by the wilson center, its live at 5 00 p. M. Eastern. In his first appearance before the house agriculture committee, agriculture secretary sonny perdue testified about the role of farming in the u. S. It economy and President Trumps proposal budget cuts to the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Congressman mike conoway chairs the committee. Good morning. State of Rural Economy. Bow our
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First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Any light snow showers are quickly moving out of the area. The sky should rapidly clear and the wind will be picking up as well. Plan on highs in the upper teens to lower 20s with a slow fall in temperature during the afternoon. Many areas should either touch zero or go a bit below zero tonight with wind chill numbers briefly approaching 20 tomorrow morning. Saturday continues to look great, with a good chance of snow on sunday all across the area. At this time, 24 continues to look like a very reasonable amount with a light fluffy consistency. Next week, plan on some 30s to start off, with a return to some 40s by next thursday and friday today clearing, winds nw 1530 alo 17 dbq 18 iow 21tonight mostly clear low 42 iow 0tomorrow mostly sunny, chilly high 1117 winds nw 510 alo 13 dbq 13 iow 15tomorrow night chance of winds se 510 alo 9 dbq 7 iow 11 thanks kaj. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton is trying a new an