Implemented properly. Agriculture, nutrition and Forestry Committee members talked to farmers, Rural Utility Service officials and Healthcare Industry leaders about issues impacting Rural Communities. Including access to Rural Broadband, Water Infrastructure and Health Care Services and agricultural production. Good morning. I call this hearing of the Senate Committee on agriculture and nutrition and forestry to order. Todays hearing advances this committees continued oversight of the department of agricultures implementation of the 2018 farm bill. A principle duty of this committee is to ensure that the department had the authority and resources to provide the agriculture producers with the necessary tools to feed a troubled and hungry world as well as this country. But the responsibility of the committee and the usda does not stop there and it is critical as Partnership Supports businesses and the electric cooperatives and telecom providers, schools and clinics and the product manufa
Captioning performed by vitac families in Rural Communities are also concerned about access to health care. Especially with the Mental Health and Opioid Crisis taking a devastating toll on small towns. We address this head on through expanded telemedicine to provide critical treatment for those who suffer from addiction and mental illness. To ensure that every family has safe Drinking Water, we prioritized rural Water Infrastructure investments for small towns. Rural communities need strong locally owned businesses and good highpaying jobs. Rural Small Business investments are critical to creating jobs, promoting entrepreneurship and revitalizing main street. In michigan where we make things and grow things, agriculture and manufacturing are both at the heart of the economy. Thats why we created opportunities to support bio based manufacturing. Companies are creating new products from americangrown crops. We also provided permanent funding for value added agriculture grants to help far
Consent agenda, approving the minutes of the may 21, 2019 motion. Okay. I second the motion. All in favor . The ayes have it. Clerk item 4, Wastewater Treatment plant update. So Tom Birmingham from the Wastewater Treatment plant will be providing us an update. Thank you for having me this morning to talk about the project. My name is Tom Birmingham, and im the director for the Wastewater Treatment plant for the San Francisco Public Utilities commission. Today, im going to give you a quick overview of the location and objectives. Ill talk about some of the Technology Decisions that have been made and some of the other things that were going through right now. So as youre aware, Treasure Island is an island in the middle of the bay. Theres a Wastewater Treatment plant out there, as well as other Wastewater Infrastructure which is ageing and well past its useful life. This is all old navy legacy infrastructure which is a challenge to maintain. However, the staff that works for the p. U. C
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