Chapter in u. S. History, South Carolina lowers the confederate flag. [ cheers and applause ] theres cautious opt schism that greeces creditors may accept a plan which could pull it back from the financial brink. E. U. Members are meeting to discuss proposals that greece put forward. The greek government is promising to raise taxes and clamp down on tax evasion, discourage people from retiring early, and greece will sell off its remaining shares in ote and privatize two ports. It is also offering to cut more than 300 million from its military budget by next year. Lets go to John Psaropoulos live for us in athens. All right. John lots of reforms there. Definitely signalling more austerity in the country, among them privatizing two ports. How will this affect the workers there . Reporter well the port shouldnt affect the workers. The port privatizations, in fact we have been told by people involved in the process is well underway. It has not stopped under syriza contrary to for example,
Hello, the greek government has submitted a new plan to its european creditors. Euro Group Ministers will decide by sunday if athens has done enough for a further boilout. And the greek government is promising to raise taxes and clamp down on tax evasion, it will discourage people from retiring early, and seek Higher Health contributions from pensioners. It will privatize two ports. And it is also offering to cut more than 300 million from its military budget by next year. John psaropoulos has been following events in the greek capitol for us. Does the Prime Minister have Political Support for this range of measures . Reporter i dont think people are very surprised by what is on the table, or that it was the same document on the table two weeks ago. People have been even laughing about it today. I they think knew this was coming one way or the other. In fact about 50 of respondents of an opinion poll just two days before the referendum said they didnt think a no vote would make any dif
And thank you for joining us, the latest from wimbledon plus reigning in new york. City streets after their world cup win. The greek government has submitted a new plan for its eurozone creditors. Designed to save the country from financial collapse. European Union Leaders will decide on sunday whether greek greece has done enough to save itself for a bailout. Clamp down on tax evasion, it will discourage people from retiring early and it will seek Higher Health contributions from pensioners. Greece will sell off its remaining shares in telecoms lte and also offering to cut more than 300 million from its military budget by next years. John siropolous, bring us to the latest of where we are on this story. Outside parliament is the no vote, the communist labor union thats demonstrating against austerity package not surprisingly because theyve decided to pit themselves he goodness syriza now that syriza the Left Wing Party has become the ruling party. The communist party has decided this
York. He previously served as director of Economic Development for senator schumer. I look forward to your testimony, sir. Next, we have mr. Brian parker, of the Community Food bank of eastern oklahoma. Mr. Parker joins us today from tulsa, on behalf of the Community Food bank of eastern oklahoma. He is currently enrolled in the lo reisbeck taylor Culinary Trade Program, which provides training and professional skills for the Restaurant Industry. Previously, mr. Parker served in the navy on the uss midway, thank you for your service and semper fi for all the marines you helped and ran a Small Business in japan for more than 20 years. [ speaking Foreign Language ] thank you for being here today and i look forward to your testimony. Mr. Jimmie wright of wrights market, i would like to welcome the witness from alabama, mr. Jimmie right. I know the senator from alabama is extremely proud of the great work that youre doing. In alabama. Were all excited to hear from you today. He is the owne
I call this to order. For the last several monthess i along with Ranking Member and colleagues on this committee have been working on a new farm bill. An important part of this process has been to hold hearings on each title. Im proud to say the committee has officially conducted the work, having held hearings so far on eight titles. Todays hearing covers the four and five. Two titles remain. The reauthorization process affords us the opportunity to review the full range of usda programs to insure that theyre operating efficiently and effectively. Not every Program Needs to measure overall but many can benefit from increased deficiency, improved integrity and the reduction of waste. As we conduct this review, it is important to remember the purpose of these critical nutrition programs. Theyre not about long term. Theyre about giving aid in times of trouble. Theyre about insuring our nations security, helping folks become productive members of our economy and assisting the vulnerable am