The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 2312 and the nays are 190. The previous question is ordered. The question is on adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Ms. Lesko mr. Speaker, i call for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes y electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Gomp govern as the member designated by mr. Welch of vote, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Welch will h. R. 1129. The speake
Of u. S. Worker is 39. The average age of the u. S. Farm operator is 55. There are not young people going into farming and we have to ask why. We need young people to enter into the farming industry. We need farming to be economically viable for young people and to supply restaurants like me the stuff that i need because what happens at my restaurant ultimately filters out to the rest of society. If you look at this chart, im not going to go into all the details of it, but you basically have a very small triangle which represents the family farm and on the other side the large part of the triangle which represents commodity agriculture. You need both. Obviously you cant be the entire world on small family farms, but to me, this chart represents something that is out of balance. We need to figure out a way to raise up family farms. We need to make farming attractive. We need to make it sexy. We need young people to understand this is something they can do as a viable job. We need food t
Particularly now as we see conditions growing as people survive heart problems and stroke problems, we see more people with alzheimers and cancer challenges, and we see the potential for designer medicine, largely because of the great work that was done to figure out how to define and understand the human genome system in a better way. This year this committee, the Sub Committee and the full committee placed a high priority on this research, and we have planned for and have a bill that includes 2 billion of extra money for that research, an increase of about 7 over current years spending, over the past decade, with not much new money going into nih, the purchasing power at nih has decreased by about 22 , and we hope to see that reverse if we are successful with what we are trying to do to provide the increase that we are looking at here. These are clearly difficult budgetary times and i am sure we could spend a lot of the time in the hearing talking about how there should be money for
Percent. The west coast ports are due to reopen today. Part of a lengthy labor dispute between shippers and dock workers union. If theres a shut down, the National Retail federation warns the u. S. Economy could face a hit of 2 billion a day. I asked jack lew about that in our interview. President obama will meet with Angela Merkel today. Theyre expected to discuss issues like russia ukraine, international trade, and Counter Terrorism efforts. Chinas imports dropping 20 from a year earlier. The steepest decrease since may of 2009. Exports down more than 3 . In europe the story is all about greece this morning. The countrys new africanamericanPrime Minister he promised to reverse some of the reforms imposed by greece by the international lenders. Setting up another standoff with the u. N. Back at home glean prices are riseing once again. The coverage cost of a gallon of regular jumping 13 cents in the past two weeks to 2. 20 and she warns the trend likely to continue. Prices still 1. 10
Im Katherine Sawyer in juba ill be telling you how the South African conflict and a fall in oil prices affects the economy here. We begin with a war in syria, which is going into the fifth year, 21 leading aid organizations accusing the u. N. Security council failing to help the people. The group says measures have not been in force much the latest pictures are said to show the aftermath of a barrel bombing, the Syrian Government accused of the financing to hughes the illegal weapons on civilians. The battle for aleppo split the country. As part of our special coverage to mark the conflict entering its fifth year, zoed reports on how zeina khodr reports on how the fighting split what was syrias commercial center. Reporter it is one of the oldest cities in the world. The Historical Center is in ruins. Aleppo has been an urban Battle Ground since the summer of 2012. Syrias largest city has been divided by front lines, and many sheets and drapes are used as cover from snipers. The governm