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
Captioning performed by vitac families in Rural Communities are also concerned about access to health care. Especially with the Mental Health and Opioid Crisis taking a devastating toll on small towns. We address this head on through expanded telemedicine to provide critical treatment for those who suffer from addiction and mental illness. To ensure that every family has safe Drinking Water, we prioritized rural Water Infrastructure investments for small towns. Rural communities need strong locally owned businesses and good highpaying jobs. Rural Small Business investments are critical to creating jobs, promoting entrepreneurship and revitalizing main street. In michigan where we make things and grow things, agriculture and manufacturing are both at the heart of the economy. Thats why we created opportunities to support bio based manufacturing. Companies are creating new products from americangrown crops. We also provided permanent funding for value added agriculture grants to help far
Vision of this campaign. Im seeking the presidency in order to respond to the crisis that has come over our country, a crisis even bigger than the one represented by the presidency were living through. Dont get me wrong. If think we cant go on with four more years of the president that we have now and recognize the america we live in and that we love. But i also think that we wouldnt have a president like the one we have got right now unless there was some more serious going on the country. Inside in other words a guy like this doesnt usually get within cheating distance of the oval office and everything is not going along just fine in this drown and i happened been for some time and happen felt that in our communities. I come from which way is east . I come from about six hours that way up i80. Northern indiana, industrial town, and the kind of place thats just less behind left behind after the factories closed. We found a way toward a Better Future but its taken years of struggle and
Was about many topics including Climate Change and gun violence. Thank you. Is this a visual stump. Thank you for joining, and thank you, jerry, and the fantastic organizers and volunteers like sarah whose job is to invite you and get to know you and be part of the change we are making for the country. I am here to listen and have a conversation about what you think is most important, but i want to make sure that we dont miss the opportunity to share the vision of this campaign. I am seeking the presidency in order to respond to the crisis that has come over our country, a crisis that is even bigger than the one represented by the presidency that we are living through. Now, dont get me wrong, i definitely believe that we cant go on with four more years of the president that we have now, and recognize the america that we live in and that we love, but, i also think that we wouldnt have a president like the one that we have got right now unless there were something more serious going on i
On House Resolution 191 and adoption of 591 and adoption of House Resolution 591 if ordered. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. Pursuant to clause of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on ordering the previous question on House Resolution 591 on which the yeas an nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 44, House Resolution 591, resolution providing for consideration of the joint resolution, Senate Joint Resolution 54, relating to a National Emergency declared by the president on february 15, 2019. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the ordering of the previous question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned cove