Nuclear ought to be in the mix. Cspan. Org. On our home page and by searching the video library. President trumps nominee for agriculture secretary, former georgia governor, sonny purdue, testified at his confirmati confirmation hearing. He was questioned about proposed white house budget cuts to farm programs, Crop Insurance, Forest Management, immigrant labor and farm bill reauthorization. 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 sonny 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 all around the globe. The department provides lea
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
Minutes. 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 sonny 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 all 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 folks in Rural America have survived, drought, disease, floods and tornadoes and lately, yes, lately prairie fires in kansas and whatever else Mother Nature throws at
Begins with education secretary betsy devos. She was narrowly confirmed by the senate in february with Vice President mike pence casting the tiebreaking vote. The daughter of a wealthy michigan family and the wife to the air of amway fortune, she has been a long time Publican Party activists and served at one time as state party chair. Advocacy has focused on the issue of school choice. We will show you a portion of her hearing from january, starting with questions from North Carolina republican richard burr. Thank you for agreeing to serve. I think a lot of americans watch thatgoes on here and say is never me. I will never go through with it. Most of us say that after an election cycle. Somebody who find is the full monty. He did not have to do this. That is apparent married that is apparent. He did not have to choose education as you like ambition, but you did. I thank you for the investment and all the kids that you have impacted, for the unbelievable statistics. You and the senator
The rule proposal is 75 pages the preamble trying to describe the proposed rule was actually longer than the rule itself. Where do you see that i know that a number of organizations, a number of folks from arizona were a state thats very entrepreneurial and trying to desperately bring in capital and are worried about the sort of tax treatments underlying. I know im getting a little technical, but first where do you see these rule mechanics . Congressman, we issued the 385 rule as part of our effort to make it harder for u. S. Companies to invert, to take u. S. Companies and change the address and avoid u. S. Tax liability. The reason the preamble was a bit lengthy is we raised a number of questions that we wanted to get comment on, so we werent surprised that issues were raised. We raised the issues themselves in the preamble. While we got hundreds of comments, it all comes down to six issues, which we have worked hard at addressing. The purpose of the rule which was to stop inversions