Good morning, members of the committee. I call this meeting of the Senate Committee on agriculture, nutrition and forestry to order. This morning we welcome governor sunny perdue. The president s nominee for u. S. Secretary of agriculture. Members of this committee have great appreciation for the farmers, ranchers and consumers and other stakeholders that are directly affected by decisions made by the secretary. The department of agriculture is made up of 29 agencies and offices. It employs nearly 100,000 men and women that work in all 50 states and around the globe. The department provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, Rural Development, nutrition, Scientific Research and related issues that impact americans virtually every day. Throughout our nations history, our farmers, ranchers and phones in Rural America survived drought, disease, floods, tornadoes, and lately, yes, lately, prairie fires in kansas, and whatever else Mother Nature throws at them. Year after y
Leap on Scientific Research and related issues that impact americans virtually every day. Throughout our nations history, our farmers, ranchers and folks in Rural America have survived drought, disease, floods, and tornadoes and fires and whatever else Mother Nature throws at them. Year after year, they produced the safest most abundant food and fiber supply in the world, however today, growers from cross the country are facing high prices. These strong producers need a strong market for their goods. The importance of trade for agriculture, our agriculture industry cannot be overstated. And if that was not enough, over the last previous years, farmers and ranchers and Rural Businesses have been burdened by regulations all across the federal government. I have heard time and time again as well as many members of this committee about the costly and hard to understand regulations that endanger the ability of our producers to stay in business. This committee will continue its efforts to ma
System coming from we have. Overall sun and clouds probably cloudier at the east than the west. Showers make a run at us. Late tonight there could be a thunderstorm in our werent suburbs. 73 degrees currently in philadelphia. Not horrible humidity but a little muggier. 67 degrees allentown, 73 in cape may this morning. 64 on the dewpoint scale and that is moderately humid and thats probably what youre going to be experiencing for the most part today. 71 degrees by 7 oclock for the morning run. Cool drinks before and after with a slightly higher humidity please. 78 degrees by 10 oclock. By noon 84. This afternoon well be down right hot for at least a few hours. 90 at 3 oclock and 91 around 4 oclock this afternoon. Even higher heat and probably somewhat higher humidity on the way tomorrow and matt pelman it looks like that pattern stays with us for several days. Ill explore that in the exclusive accuweather 7day. And david speeds are going from higher now to lower here along 95. Were slo
It starts back to when the father of wyatt earp, most wellknown, his name is nicholas. He was basically left his family. Emporarily in illinois he heard about the gold rush in northern california. He went back to the midwest. He ventured down to southern california. And he got for the San Bernardino valley. He found that one day he would come back to San Bernardino. We will visit the San Bernardino history and Railroad Museum and talk about the importance of the railroad to San Bernardino with the historian Vice President. Located in the 1918 santa fe depot, the museum contains many objects related to the railroad history. Construction was completed in 1918. It replaced a wooden structure approximately 100 yards east of here that burned in 1960. Why the depot was built a lot larger than needed was because they decided to house the Division Headquarters at this location at that time. Watch the cities tour on cspan 2. Working with the cable affiliates and visiting cities across the count
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