Electio elections. Later treasury secretary jack lou on the upcoming debt ceiling debate. Every five years, the departments of agriculture and health and Human Services issue dietary guidelines and nutritional information to the public. Next the House Agriculture Committee hears from tom vilsack and Silvia Burwell about the process. This is two and a half hours. Good morning. Lets go ahead and get started. Trent, will you open us with a prayer please . Dear heavenly father, we ask that you bless this committee. We ask that you bless this government. We ask that you bless all those who lead this nation. Amen. This Meeting Committee of agriculture regarding the development of the 2015 dietary guidelines for american will come to order. I want to thank our witnesses for being here this morning. It is no small feat to get two of the secretaries of two of the most important agencies in government to sit at the same table at the same time, so i thank you secretary vilsack, secretary burwell,
To the act the dga shall contain guidelines for the general public, shall be based on the preponderance at the time the report is prepared and promoted by each agency carrying out food or nutritional program. A sound Development Process is important because it is extremely difficult to reverse or change Public Policy once implemented without causing consumer confusion. At a time when consumers are already subjected to conflicting and often contradictory health information, staying within scope of the intent of the law by providing with sciencebased information is more likely to contribute to improve Public Health outcomes. The process of the 2015 gga began in 2012 when secretary vilsack and secretary burwells predecessor secretary sibilius created the committee. Though its not specifically authorized all must be chartered under the federal Advisory Committee act that requires it be accessible by the public and stoeb operating, overseeing and terminating committees. This makes the Commi
Yep. So im a man of my word. Ive got a big bowl of new england clam chowder. This looks pretty good, actually. Should i get some crackers . Nah, ill just eat it. Mmm very good thats not cheating, patriots fans. I just deflated the size of the bowl so its easier to grip. Bam cheers and applause wicked hahb. The only thing worse than the game was the commercials. I couldnt grow up cuz i died from an accident. Larry jesus i wanted to watch a football game. I didnt know i had to prepare a eulogy for a child. I was already feeling crappy enough from eating my famous sevenlayer corntito doubledip bacon deepfried sour creamstuffed crust panini. Trademark dont act like it was just me. You guys had your button popped by halftime. On super bowl sunday, americans consumed roughly 1. 25 billion chicken wings, 11. 2 millionpound of potato chips, and 49. 2 million cases of beer. Suck on that, third world u. S. A. u. S. A. audience chanting its actually not the time to chant. laughter okay. America,
Before we get going, last night was the super bowl, and im a seahawks fan. I really slammed the pats on thursdays show. I mean, i hit your team like the wicked hahd. And a then i put this online. If the patriots win, i will eat a bowl of, whatever you call it, new england clam chowder. There go. Yep. So im a man of my word. Ive got a big bowl of new england clam chowder. This looks pretty good, actually. Should i get some crackers . Nah, ill just eat it. Mmm very good thats not cheating, patriots fans. I just deflated the size of the bowl so its easier to grip. Bam cheers and applause wicked hahb. The only thing worse than the game was the commercials. I couldnt grow up cuz i died from an accident. Larry jesus i wanted to watch a football game. I didnt know i had to prepare a eulogy for a child. I was already feeling crappy enough from eating my famous sevenlayer corntito doubledip bacon deepfried sour creamstuffed crust panini. Trademark dont act like it was just me. You guys had your
Well, yeah, why wouldnt i be, jon. I mean why would he pass instead of running, jon it was on the one yard line the one you will be all right larry well see you in a little minute. Thats our show, stay tuned for the night low show. Here it is, your moment of zen. Im hoping the others drop out, leave me by myself. That would be delightful for me. And if that news happens the rest of the next few months i would be delighted. That would be great. Dont hold your b Comedy Central captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org larry tonightly americas obesity rate creeps up 27. 7 . On the plus side, now its higher than our math scores. A a third of americans are obese . Thats the most depressing thing ive heard since that kid told me he was dead in that super bowl commercial. Were asking the big questions. Is fat a disability . Is obesity a sight . Is obesity a civil right . Are you going to finish that . Its the the nightly show captioning sponsored by Comedy Central cheers and a