Implemented properly. Agriculture, nutrition and Forestry Committee members talked to farmers, Rural Utility Service officials and Healthcare Industry leaders about issues impacting Rural Communities. Including access to Rural Broadband, Water Infrastructure and Health Care Services and agricultural production. Good morning. I call this hearing of the Senate Committee on agriculture and nutrition and forestry to order. Todays hearing advances this committees continued oversight of the department of agricultures implementation of the 2018 farm bill. A principle duty of this committee is to ensure that the department had the authority and resources to provide the agriculture producers with the necessary tools to feed a troubled and hungry world as well as this country. But the responsibility of the committee and the usda does not stop there and it is critical as Partnership Supports businesses and the electric cooperatives and telecom providers, schools and clinics and the product manufa
Jon voight. Ladies and gentlemen, the recipient of the National Humanities medal. The Clairemont Institute, Teresa Lozano long, patrick j. Oconnell, James Patterson. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and mrs. Trump. [ playing hail to the chief ] [ applause ] [ applause ] thank you very much. Please. The first lady and i would just like to welcome everyone to the white house, a special place, very, very special, no matter where you go in the world this is one of those places that you never forget. This afternoon it is my immense privilege to present our nations highest honors for contributions to american art and culture, the National Medal of arts and the National Humanities medal. Please join me in congratulating each of todays recipients when they really, and i mean triauly phenomenal achievement and congratulations to all. [ applause ] with us today are Vice President mike pence. Mike, thank you very much. Secretary steven mnuchin, secretary betsy devos, thank
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and misses trump. Yo[applause] pres. Trump we would like to welcome everyone to the white house. A special place. This is one of those places you never forget. It is my immense privilege to present our nations highest honors for contributions to american art and culture, the National Medal of arts and the National Humanities medal. Congratulatingin each of the participants in their phenomenal achievement. Congratulations to all. [applause] with us today are Vice President mike pence, secretary steven ,nuchin, secretary betsy devos the chairman of the joint chiefs. F staff did a very great shout job. That. Ad of isis is dead. Thank you very much please stand up. [applause] also with us as a friend of ours and the great congressman and a warrior in his own right, congressman phil roe. Thank you very much. Along with the chairman of the National Endowment for the arts and the chairman for the National Endowment of the humanities. Th
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Off your cell phone or anything that might make noise during the program. Thank you for doing that. This past march marked the 50th anniversary of the u. S. Navy Fighter Weapons program. We are thrilled this evening to welcome the programs founder, dan pederson. He entered the u. S. Navy in 1953 and went on to become the senior officer in the group of nine men who formed the legendary Top Gun Program at Naval Air Station miramar in march of 1969. He served in combat during the vietnam war with the flying crews on the uss hancock and three on the uss enterprise. He retired as a captain, having accumulated 6100 flight hours and 1005 flight carrier landings while flying 39 different types of aircraft. For those of you who know pedersons story from the 1986 movie, top gun, Jerry Bruckheimer is producing, top gun maverick, a sequel in 2020. His book is available for purchase and signing following this conversation. Here to keep the conversation going is larry burke, curator of Naval Aviatio