Who are extremely demoralized and discouraged about the future. They feel themselves helpless. They feel theyre powerless. Theyre cynical about politicians, which, of course, just strengthens politicians vulnerability to powerful corporate and other lobbyists in washington, d. C. When i lost a lot of friends in traffic accidents as a young man, i looked into how they could have been saved. And they could have been saved by seatbelts and they could have been saved by a whole series of engineering devices that we now take for granted in our cars collapsing steering columns, better brakes, better tires, head restraints, padded dash panels. All of these and more were developed by engineers a long, long time ago, but they werent applied because the companies, as somethose of you who are a little older remember the companies were selling style and horsepower. They werent selling engineering integrity, and as a result, hundreds of thousands of people were killed, and millions were injured in
Who are extremely demoralized and discouraged about the future. They feel themselves helpless. They feel theyre powerless. Theyre cynical about politicians, which, of course, just strengthens politicians vulnerability to powerful corporate and other lobbyists in washington, d. C. When i lost a lot of friends in traffic accidents as a young man, i looked into how they could have been saved. And they could have been saved by seatbelts and they could have been saved by a whole series of engineering devices that we now take for granted in our cars collapsing steering columns, better brakes, better tires, head restraints, padded dash panels. All of these and more were developed by engineers a long, long time ago, but they werent applied because the companies, as somethose of you who are a little older remember the companies were selling style and horsepower. They werent selling engineering integrity, and as a result, hundreds of thousands of people were killed, and millions were injured in
I call this to order. For the last several monthess i along with Ranking Member and colleagues on this committee have been working on a new farm bill. An important part of this process has been to hold hearings on each title. Im proud to say the committee has officially conducted the work, having held hearings so far on eight titles. Todays hearing covers the four and five. Two titles remain. The reauthorization process affords us the opportunity to review the full range of usda programs to insure that theyre operating efficiently and effectively. Not every Program Needs to measure overall but many can benefit from increased deficiency, improved integrity and the reduction of waste. As we conduct this review, it is important to remember the purpose of these critical nutrition programs. Theyre not about long term. Theyre about giving aid in times of trouble. Theyre about insuring our nations security, helping folks become productive members of our economy and assisting the vulnerable am
But not the Democratic Leadership. We want to move the issue ford were looking at all of it. Senator Bernie Sanders joins me this morning. Plus where Hurricane Irma hit the hardest. The u. S. Virgin islands. My trip to the Virgin Islands. With former new york city mayor Michael Bloomburg whos raising awareness and money for the area. People who lost everything and dont have insurance, they have to start again. Joining me for insight and analysis are. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. Good sunday morning. It was hard not to get the sense this week that both Political Parties were itching for a fight, with themselves. Senator sanders of vermont managed to drive a wedge into a party he doesnt even belong to. The left loves it. The Democratic Leaders and vulnerable senators in red states arent quite so sure. Senator sanders will join me in a in a moment on that issue. Meanwhile President Trump please september moderates and raged the right. Young people brought here illegally as child
But not the Democratic Leadership. We want to move the issue ford were looking at all of it. Senator Bernie Sanders joins me this morning. Plus where Hurricane Irma hit the hardest. The u. S. Virgin islands. My trip to the Virgin Islands. With former new york city mayor Michael Bloomburg whos raising awareness and money for the area. People who lost everything and dont have insurance, they have to start again. Joining me for insight and analysis are. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. Good sunday morning. It was hard not to get the sense this week that both Political Parties were itching for a fight, with themselves. Senator sanders of vermont managed to drive a wedge into a party he doesnt even belong to. The left loves it. The Democratic Leaders and vulnerable senators in red states arent quite so sure. Senator sanders will join me in a in a moment on that issue. Meanwhile President Trump please september moderates and raged the right. Young people brought here illegally as child