After brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witness today and the hearing will be open to questions. Good morning once again. Welcome to todays hearing receive testimony from the secretary of agriculture. I think my colleagues participating and secretary bill sec for his time we have a lengthy hearing ahead of us. I will be brief and might remarks nearly three years ive traveled across the country to different farmers, ranchers, foresters, Rural Communities and everyday consumers. Many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle jointly for those travels. The message we have heard from those folks was very clear. They need a government to work for them, not against them. These men and women have struggled with a fractured supply chain, considerable input cost, relentless inflation, natural disasters, volatile markets and labor shortage each consistently worsened by illconceived halfbaked executive action. What seemingly is a daily occurrence taxpayer dollars be
Because of the popularity of these programs the reality is they are dramatically oversubscribed. New era is four times oversubscribed which i believe shows how important this program is to electric cooperatives across the country and how important it is to see this long overdue investment. Its great to see this and highlight the excitement of the rural coops across the country. Mr. Secretary for new era, can you share an update on how we might see application start to move forward in the process . We are in the process of completing the evaluation of approximately 70 projects of the number that was submitted. As you indicated it was a very Popular Program and oversubscribed. In an effort to determine which of these programs are feasible from a technical standpoint and from a financial standpoint. Once those evaluations are done, those projects will be ranked. And then well basically compare those rankings to the resources available. And begin a more detailed conversation to assert whet
Because of the popularity of these programs the reality is they are dramatically oversubscribed. New era is four times oversubscribed which i believe shows how important this program is to electric cooperatives across the country and how important it is to see this long overdue investment. Its great to see this and highlight the excitement of the rural coops across the country. Mr. Secretary for new era, can you share an update on how we might see application start to move forward in the process . We are in the process of completing the evaluation of approximately 70 projects of the number that was submitted. As you indicated it was a very Popular Program and oversubscribed. In an effort to determine which of these programs are feasible from a technical standpoint and from a financial standpoint. Once those evaluations are done, those projects will be ranked. And then well basically compare those rankings to the resources available. And begin a more detailed conversation to assert whet
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During the weste Governors Association annual meeting in jackson hole. Good morning and welcome t day two of the western Governors Association winter meeting. Its greato see all of you after a fun night at a great bar. Who had fun last night . Good. Im very pleased to introduce secretary of agriculture tom vilsack. I think all of us are partial to sec. Vilsack because he has held the best job in the world, he has been a governor. Some of us are more partial to sec. Vilsack because he has been a farmer. It says something about his willingness to engage with the western Governors Association so frequently even though obviously we are not the size of g production ag production. He has been a champion of the small and midsize farmer. We thank the secretary for his responsiveness and common sense approach on a variety of topics. I lamented to him this morning that we dont have him running multiple departments at the federal level. He has not only supported the shared stewardship agreement t