70 percent of farmers make less than a quarter of their income from farming relying on off farm jobs and subsidies for the rest 20 nineteens median farm income is projected to be negative 1449. 00 per year so why are the people responsible for growing our food having to go without. A for 34 years the folks that are made of come together all year long to help those farmers and the industry they work in to better provide for everyone and for one day a year they bring together the biggest names in the country and rock music to celebrate the American Farmer i. Was. The 1st to place this of temper 22nd 1985 and since then farm aid has raised over 53000000. 00 to support of or idea programs to help farming thrive from the most moral corner to the tops of buildings and city centers. Here is farming president Willie Nelson back in 1993 addressing the farm income policy Forum Sponsored by the department of agriculture for the past few years the u. S. D. A. Has been reporting that farm income is
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The the clerk i hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Igned, nancy pelosi, speaker perfect house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Aguilar, for five minutes. Today,ilar mr. Speaker, i rise to honor the life of tim husband, devoted brother, son, and teacher. Working to life save the life of another. Volunteer for the intesan countys search andres could you team, tim searche
This is counting the cost of aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week. March. March to 40. 5. Hard to track. Trade deal is china capitulates and beijing deliver tens of billions in extra trade. American sanctions no problem russias pivot to the east it opens up another pipeline via turkey into southern europe. South koreas. Spy working the struggling youth with no money and no hope of climbing the social escalate. 3 years ago president xi stood in front of the worlds Business Elite in davos defending the postwar International Liberal Order us President Trump railed against globalization well 18 months later a trade deal of sorts is been signed but has president xi wasted the Political Capital he established how brutal treatment of 13000000 wego muslims strong arm tactics against democracy protesters in hong kong and giving himself indefinite power to stay as leader the deal which ever way you brain. It down is a win for President Trump the us has used
Expected to move to trial, the phase one china trade deal expected to be signed at the white house this morning top trump economic adviser larry kudlow joins us first cnbc this hour. And financials are in focus, bank of america beats for the quarter, goldman hampered by litigation charges target shares are plunging. Holiday sales miss on estimates on weakness and toys and electronics. The u. S. china phase one trade deal said to be signed this morning this is what secretary mnuchin said about the agreement earlier this morning on squawk. We need to put together very significant laws to change rules and regulations and made strong commitments to our companies there will not be forced Technology Going forward thats a big win for our technology companies, businesses and American Workers we look forward to learning more in the wake of this signing. Jim, mnuchins appearance this morning brought us something new, the notion of phase 2a, phase 2b, phase 2c, so stories evolving rapidly i think
An awareness of the principles and to further their application through activities. Now, you may notice i have an adam smith tie on today, and that is not because we have an economic historian coming to speak to us, but it is because adam smith was principally an educator. He was a professor and a private tutor, and he was beloved by his students. And marcus witcher, you have seen throughout the day, is known as a very exuberant, enthusiastic educator. I first met marcus several years ago at an institute for humane studies conference. I spoke, and then he followed me. He later told me, and i mean years later, that he was so relieved that i went first, because i did not do such a good job, i made it so much easier for him to follow. [laughter] i was an easy act to follow. He was very pleased by this. But marcus has spent the last five years writing this book on Ronald Reagan, and Ronald Reagan has become a symbol, an icon for conservatives. We have the president ial debate within the Re