The joint hearing of the subcommittee and Risk Management and livestock and aquaculture entitled to review the implementation of the federal farm Disaster Relief will come to order. Thank you and welcome to the joint hearing subcommittees of the general farm commodities Risk Management and livestock and foreign agriculture is a. Im pleased to be joined by my colleague as well as my esteemed Ranking Member into the chairman and fellow Ranking Member mike conaway the first hearing comes at a very important time for farmers. Usda and in particular the Conservation Mission area in Farm Service Agency is in the middle of a huge job. Currently at the helm of three efforts to address the needs of farmers, ranchers and the communities in the country. The Market Facilitation Program which is meant to assist the farmers most directly harmed by the trade war and the expanded wildfires overcame Indemnity Program which will aid in the recovery from the natural disasters and programs like other spor
This is two hours and 15 minutes. The joint hearing of the subcommittee and Risk Management and livestock and aquaculture entitled to review the implementation of the federal farm Disaster Relief will come to order. Thank you and welcome to the joint hearing subcommittees of the general farm commodities Risk Management and livestock and foreign agriculture is a. Im pleased to be joined by my colleague as well as my esteemed Ranking Member into the chairman and fellow Ranking Member mike conaway the first hearing comes at a very important time for farmers. Usda and in particular the Conservation Mission area in Farm Service Agency is in the middle of a huge job. Currently at the helm of three efforts to address the needs of farmers, ranchers and the communities in the country. The Market Facilitation Program which is meant to assist the farmers most directly harmed by the trade war and the expanded wildfires overcame Indemnity Program which will aid in the recovery from the natural disa
Historic cities literally pounded into rubble. All this because president putin was determined to conquer another country. He failed in that goal. Ukraine has not and will not be conquered. It will remain sovereign and independent. As this war stretches on, the courage and strength of hew cranes military and its ukraines military and its people becomes more extraordinary. Theyll do whatever it takes to protect their homes, their families, their fellow citizens, their country. The United States and our allies and partners will continue to stand with them and help provide precisely what they need to defend their freedom. In the coming days, i expect to speak with Russian Foreign minister lavrov since the war began. I plan to raise an issue thats a top priority for us, the release of americans wheeler and griner who have been improperly detained and must be allowed to come home. We put a substantial proposal on the table a few weeks ago to facilitate their release. Our countries have talk
And more work on a measure addressing the drought and wildfires on the west coast. Live coverage of the house on cspan. And President Biden spoke today about testing negative for covid19 and ending isolation. Here are his remarks from the rose garden, about 10 minutes. President biden as i was walking out, i thought i heard my staff saying, he is back. [laughter] President Biden hello, everyone, i have just tested negative for covid19 after isolating for five days. [cheers and applause] President Biden im not able to return to work in person but i thank you all for your prayers and well wishes and the calls i have gotten and thank the medical team here at the white house for the incredible care they gave me. Fortunately, god thankfully and god willing, my symptoms were mild. My recovery was quick and im feeling great. The entire time i was in isolation, i was able to work to carry out the duties of the Office Without interruption. It is a real statement of where we are in the fight aga
And as we know, nonreligious private schools often cost four, five times that amount. So as a consequence, over 80 , close to 80 of students in the program are attending religious private school. So florida is not alone in that regard although it was one of the first off the mark. Florida s. T. O. M. P. Program has been implemented in a number of different states from indiana to louisiana to pennsylvania. So north and south, east and west. Such that the wall street journal called 2011 the year of School Choice. And 2012 had even more School Choice programs being implemented around the country. So at this point we are serving a dramatically altered cascade. So thats kind of a preamble to the types of world in which we are living right now. You may want to ask yourself okay, why are we doing this . What why might we have moved from a choice environment where students had, families had very little choice. The choice was essentially limited to the residential location for all intents and p