Happening in washington and watching the dysfunction in this nation, i think that the major motivation for running for office had to be more out of frustration than anything else. Theties parity, the inconsistency in pl policies, decisions being made that lack i think, the Public Interest and are being made more so as a result of political decisions. Unfortunately, what im going to talk about tonight i dont think will be the only subject i come back and talk about over the next several months. It seems that often times the federal governments decisions, policies regulations seem to lack any type of connectivity to whats actually happening on the ground. Decisions being made in a vacuum. Decisions lacking, i think, the true expertise and what im going to talk about tonight is an example of that. This picture right here is a picture, or the result of bad federal policy. Now, the administration would lead you to believe that this picture is whats going to happen by building the Keystone P
The most vicious insult at me when he said i was the only person he ever met whose eyes lit up at the words held discussion. Poverty is a subject we talk about when events such as those in baltimore grab our attention. And then we bury it. We say it is not a lyrically shrewd. I salute georgetown. All the others who are gathered here for the summit. From all religious traditions all over the country. Our friend once said, if you cut everything jesus said about the poor out of the gospel, you have a book full of holes. These are people who understand what the scriptures said. Two organizing points. The first is, when it is time to go, please keep your seats so the president can be escorted out. The other is we agreed we should direct more attention to president obama than other members of the panel. I say that in advance so you know this was our call and not some exercise in executive power. This was our decision to do this. We hope this will be a backandforth kind of discussion. Feel fr
Crops, sugar processing, forestry, livestock, Restaurant Industry and others. This would leave the United States and the state of louisiana no alternative but to import many Food Products for food countries, from countries with surplus foreign labor. This is unacceptable. We must do everything in our power to grow and support americas jobs and economy. Were asking for your help. We must streamline and expedite the h2b process. We need a working system without overburdensome rules, unrealistic timetables and outright road blocks. Neglecting the labor needs of agriculture will raise the cost and the production in a way that harms farmers, fishers and industries throughout america. I appreciate your time and encourage you to work with us to find workable solutions. Ways that we can facilitate rather than making it so difficult to where our processors and our industries cannot operate. Where were at currently, we have a large crawfish harvest. And we dont have enough peelers to process it.