[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
[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
On monday, the linn county courthouse on mays island a place that was devastated in 08, will reopen after being closed only a week. More Recovery Efforts will continue throughout the weekend and you now have a place to drop your sandbags. Today, the city accepted both wet and dry sandbags at noelridge park. Tomorrow, starting at 7 am, you can bring your sandbags to ellis park. The city is discussing when they could open tomorrow, bring your sandbags when they might open another dropoff site. Commercial properties can drop them off at the former 6th street plant. Sandbags from businesses can be dropped in select spots in check village and Kingston Village we placed the exact locations online. Those sites will be open at 7 00 a. M. Its been about a week now since weve been concerned about the river. Were happy to say that it continues to fall in eastern iowa. Heres the latest stage, 14. 8 feet. Flood stage 12 feet. We move in that direction. By the time we get to midday sunday, its expec
Congress should not give the irs additional power by forcing tax preparers to get an irs license before they assist taxpayers with their tax return. Tax preparers are already regulated by several statutory requirements posing civil and criminal punishments from everything from failing to keep a list of the returns prepared in three years to actual tax fraud. Tax preparers are required to recommendation steer with the irings rs to obtain a number so they include on every return they prepare so that the irs can track and analyze their return. These tools already provide the irs with what it needs to identify, track, and penalize a few bad apples without up necessarily burdening the majority of the lawabiding preparers. We have a few recommend the solutions superior to licensing. First, its protection and anticompetitive. Rather than protecting consumers, licensing regulations can protect large incumbents and industry insiders from competition by erecting costly barriers to entry. Indeed,
Our team is with this story and all the otherings we are bringing you. Kelly odonnell and hans nichols. And Cynthia Oxney and chuck rosenberg. Kelly, to you. This is news from congressman nadler confirming hicks is not answering questions. We think about her time in the west wing due this this assertion of executive privilege in the white house. Well, jerry nadler told us she is answering questions and that the interview goes on. He came out a short time ago. We spoke to him on camera. And other members we have spoken to have said provide a more mixed picture that she is answering some questions. And the other questions are white House Counsel that are democratic members of the committee are raising their concerns about a president ial immunity, which is asserted in a letter to the white House Counsel that set the stage for this. We are getting a mixed picture that hicks is here, is participating and is answering some questions. But at the same time there are a number of areas where th