Politico covers food and agriculture and we are proud of that. It is for those not familiar with politicals washington dc news outlet and im sure all of you are reading it and getting ourll newsletters and content ad delighted to be here todayto in texas, one of my favorite states in the union and im not just pandering. Well talk about the state of agriculture in 2020 and beyond and before we start i want to encourage you to join the conversation on social media with the trip assessed 19. I also want to give a big thanks to the practice t to be in vestl for hosting this great event and i understand Texas Farm Bureau is supporting this and we will hear fromg them. We have a good panel and i dont know if you realize that but we have, we got two texans and an iowan, which is great. Across the ideological spectrum in state and federal perspectives and friendly theres a lot going on in agriculture so funny to talk about and we will take the questions at the end so keep in mind anything you
Obama era agriculture secretary tom vilsack. Topics include tariffs and trade with china, and the role of agriculture in the 2020 election. This is one hour. Everyone , it is warm. So youre here. Thank you my name the kaleena. Anda senior food agriculture reporter at politico. Politico covers food and agriculture. Were really proud of that. And its for those of you not amiliar, politico is washington d. C. Based news outlet. Im sure all of you are reading it. Im really delighted to be here today in texas, one of my the union. Ates in im not just pandering. Were going to talk about the state of agriculture in 2020 and beyond. And before we start, i want to theurage you to join conversation on social media, is trib fest 19. I also want to give a big thanks the Texas Tribune festival for hosting this great event and sponsoring. I also understand the Texas Farm Bureau is supporting this and to hear from them. We have a really good panel. Know if you guys realize that. I dont know if the au
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Gunce the incidents of violence. Then live, President Trump and indian Prime Minister modi in houston. Pedro joining us on newsmakers this week is rob bishop, republican of utah and the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources committee. Representative, thanks for joining us today. Rep. Bishop thank you for the invitation. Pedro along for the questioning of cq roll call, and Miranda Green with the hill, who is an energy reporter. Thank you for joining us. Hi, congressman. This is ben. There are millions of people globally striking for action, Political Action on climate. Places like australia, japan, uganda, germany. People are in the streets right now, pressing their governments to do something about Climate Change. Where do you think that urgency is coming from . What is the impetus driving folks out to the streets to demand action . Rep. Bishop if you want to know why someone is doing it, you will have to ask them. From our perspective, we want to make sure that our actions are not o