Meghan stas, senior director and Grocery Manufacturers Association here in washington, d. C. And diana aviv, kre feeding america in chicago, illinois and emily leib, the director of food law policy clinic, harvard law school, jamaica plains, massachusetts. Ill let everybody get to their seats. All right. Miss gunders, if you will begin when you are ready, maam. Ranking member peterson and members of the committee thank you for inviting me to testify today and be willing to explore this issue. Any name is dana gunders, im a Senior Science at the National Resources Defense Council and the author of a widely cited report on food waste and a book called the wastefree kitchen handbook which is a guide to not wasting food. Imagine walking out of the Grocery Stores with five bags in the parking lot and dropping two and not bothering to pick them up. It seems crazy but that is what were doing when we are wasting 40 of our food. Were leaving entire fields unharvesting and eliminating produce fo
Not to have to file, or pay federal income tax. But one of the things ive not really heard anybody address, we talked about in here the need for the minimum wage to be raised. And when there was an article written recently that indicated for an individual who just accepts the available federal welfare payments, they may be looking at 1,700 a month take home whereas under the current minimum wage its about 1,200 takehome. Well, the incentive there is obviously not to work. But i know my friends at heritage have encouraged as a solution lowering the minimum wage. Obviously, that would even increase the disparity between what you take home if you dont work and what you take home if you do work. If you lowered the minimum wage. So thats obviously not going to fix the problem there. But if the minimum wage is raised in puerto rico, since as my friend from californias indicated they have a higher minimum wage, then people would be tempted to go from puerto rico to california to get those hig
Featured in the Great Oil Companies is not of the same subject matter as the substitute. Does the gentleman from california which to speak on the germane . Spinet ibb that is germane and if it is the issue that is not, i would ask for a vote on that. The amendment is not germane in the nature of a substitute because it violates 16 and 17 by including the subject matter it isnt the same as the subject matter and the nature of the substitute. The point of order is sustained into the amendment is not in order. I would like to get a roll call vote. I would move to table the appeal of. All of those in favor signify by saying i. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of motion table is agreed to. The clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] 22 ayes and 14 noes. The motion to table is agreed to. Thank you mr. Chairman. As indicated a few minutes ago, at the gentle man suspend while it is distributed . Is t
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