Will come up in debate in the agriculture bill. Its such a broad variety of issues. A ban on horse slaughter is now in the law. There could be some discussion over a rider in the bill that prevents usda from spending money on some key competitiveness and contract issues, specifically related to poultry farming. We might hear some debate about reforming sugar programs. You never know. It could be chinese chicken. One of the things what the he food stamp program. The Assistance Program known as food stamps is a mandatory program. For the most part that tends to stick to the farm bill as far as where thats debated out. You might hear lawmakers complaining about how the cuts have been implemented. They think states have made meaningful cuts to food stamp programs. You might see discussion about that. The other nutrition issue that could be brought up is allowing white potatoes in the women, infants and children feeding program. Up until now white potatoes have not been allowed in that prog
Director cordray, the cfpb has now been up and running for almost three years. What do you consider to be the most significant accomplishment of the bureau since 2011 and looking forward, what actions can we expect either the bureau out of the bureau over the next three months co thank you, mr. Chairman. Its a broad question. First of all, the challenge of building a federal agency from scratch has been significant. Weve had some growing pains and weve been working through those. But at the same time, weve gone from zero employees to now close to 1400 employees. People who are very dedicated to protecting consumers and seeing that they are treated fairly. They are doing marvelous work. The mortgage rules we put in place that congress put such a high priority on, had been very significant. Thats a single biggest Consumer Financial market. The enforcement activity that weve had to ensure that institutions understand that people need to be treated fairly and money will go back to peoples
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