We can and hold these families in our prayers. Thank you. Back live now on capitol hill where the House Appropriations committee is returning from its lunch break. They continue work on 2021 a spending bill. Live coverage here on cspan2. Mistaken at the best of times. They are unconscionable in the midst of a pandemic. I want to remind my colleagues that foodstamp spending is a powerful anti recession tool and has previously been estimated that for each dollar spent from benefits a dollar 70 is generated in economic activity. Let me say thank you again to chairman bishop, Ranking Member and their leadership and other areas of the bill. Their strong investments to ensure the continued availability and safety of the nation food supply as well as language designed to protect the health and safety of workers in our meatpacking plants and our poultry plants as well as the farmworkers who are out in the field every single day. I thank you very, very much that all of the attention youve paid
This is the best of this institution of how it performs. It has been embodied in the Public Service of carl levin for 36 years here. What you have heard is the testimonies on both sides of the aisle that because of how he has conducted himself as an individual and how he has conducted himself as a Public Servant and how he has conducted himself as a leader in this senate is exactly how this institution is supposed to function. Isnt it rather symbolic that on the last couple of days of the session the bill that will be passed is the bill that he has ushered and he never broke tradition. He made sure the Defense Authorization bill was going to be passed by hammering out the differences with the house and shepherding it through the parliament process. And its happened every year because of extraordinary leadership. I will close simply by saying that because he is all of the things that youve heard, the consummate gentleman, the humble Public Servant, the razor sharp mind, the best lawyer,
Will vote on sometime next week. I also predict, mr. President , that this is the last farm bill that wont be driven by the new realities of people who want their food needs met in new ways. Those food needs are going to be greater, but were going to be less concerned, i would expect, five years from now about farm surpluses and what happens if we grow too much than we are about how we meet the growing food needs of the world, partly because of the population, partly because people once they get better food just want better food. Once you have the variety of food, once you have the experience of better food, nobody wants to go back to the food that they used to have. And were going to see that driving this debate over more over the next few years than we have up until now. Agriculture in many states, including my state of missouri, the number one industry in the state, 16 of our work force is directly involved in agriculture. It continues in state after state. You and i have both heard
All right. One night, ten top Democratic Candidates answering question from voters. About one urgent issue. The Climate Crisis. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im chris cuomo. I want to show you something that just gives you the status of the crisis. Look behind me. One side this is picture of an actual wild fire burning right now. This is just outside los angeles. California. That is one type of situation that were seeing more and more of that Scientists Say is indicative of Climate Change. On the east coast as you know, were dealing with hurricane dorian. And again, scientists tell us consistently that we are seeing more intense storms, more frequently that are more complicated by the effects of Climate Change. These are both happening right now on our watch. Question is, what will be done about it . Scientists are telling us were seeing the consequences of the Climate Crisis. They also say that we could cross a massive Tipping Point if what . If the
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) and Congressman Marc Molinaro (NY-19) introduced the Enteric Methane Innovation Tools for Lower Emissions and Sustainable Stock (EMIT LESS) Act.