Willis testifies about changes to the u. S. Postal service and hes addressing the rise and assault postal workers. Oversight accountability subcommittee hearing is the first congressional appearance two years just over three hours. Good morning, the subcommittee on federal work will come to order and i would like to welcome everybody to this important meeting. May declare a recess at any time. We also have a number of members seeking to be weighed on todays hearing without objection, ms. Mays from South Carolina will committee on oversight accountability today. Also we have the gentleman from South Carolina and the Commerce Committee has asked to be part of this as well as the gentleman from california. The subcommittee of questioning todays hearing. Thank you. I recognize myself for making an Opening Statement let me welcome postmaster general, sometime last week we were preparing testimony and operational needs of the day and i found postmaster general im very thankful for the opport
Willis testifies about changes to the u. S. Postal service and hes addressing the rise and assault postal workers. Oversight accountability subcommittee hearing is the first congressional appearance two years just over three hours. Good morning, the subcommittee on federal work will come to order and i would like to welcome everybody to this important meeting. May declare a recess at any time. We also have a number of members seeking to be weighed on todays hearing without objection, ms. Mays from South Carolina will committee on oversight accountability today. Also we have the gentleman from South Carolina and the Commerce Committee has asked to be part of this as well as the gentleman from california. The subcommittee of questioning todays hearing. Thank you. I recognize myself for making an Opening Statement let me welcome postmaster general, sometime last week we were preparing testimony and operational needs of the day and i found postmaster general im very thankful for the opport
Willis testifies about changes to the u. S. Postal service and hes addressing the rise and assault postal workers. Oversight accountability subcommittee hearing is the first congressional appearance two years just over three hours. Good morning, the subcommittee on federal work will come to order and i would like to welcome everybody to this important meeting. May declare a recess at any time. We also have a number of members seeking to be weighed on todays hearing without objection, ms. Mays from South Carolina will committee on oversight accountability today. Also we have the gentleman from South Carolina and the Commerce Committee has asked to be part of this as well as the gentleman from california. The subcommittee of questioning todays hearing. Thank you. I recognize myself for making an Opening Statement let me welcome postmaster general, sometime last week we were preparing testimony and operational needs of the day and i found postmaster general im very thankful for the opport
Please put your phones on silent. Back in the day we used to tell them to turn them off but we want them on silent because would like you if you would be so inclined to live tweet this event. Is pound and pc life. We can follow that online. We would also like to take a moment while you are silencing your phone in turning off other potentially distracting devices to introduce our head table. Would like you to hold your applause until after the full head table is introduced and then you can erupt in a rapturous applause. We have starting from my left and youre right, mark heller. Hes an agricultural reporter. Paul marion, senior white house correspondent. Tamara harlingen at the atlanta journalconstitution. Sean rich, deputy commuter for secretary pretty. Philip, senior editor. Steven, deputy secretary of agriculture. Thats the number two for sonny perdue. We have betsy martin, executive and American University cochair. Skipping over our speaker for a moment, we have abby livingston, Was
Press club earlier this week about next years farm bill, food exports, free trade agreements and his relationship with President Trump. This is an hour. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, and welcome to the National Press club today for todays speakers lunch. I was president of the club in 2010 but cover food and agriculture issues for Bloomberg News which may explain why ive been exhumed for todays luncheon. We are pleased to have secretary of agriculture sonny per i due. We welcome him for the first time to the National Press club. First of all, before we begin his remarks, i would like you all to please put your phones on silent. Now, back in the day we used to tell you to turn them off, but we want them on sigh leapt because you would silent because we would like you to live tweet, the hashtag is pound npc live. Thats also true for all you folks out there in the twitter verses, we can follow that online. Wed also like to take a moment while you are silencing your phones and