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See this restriction lifted. I think i can remind you hopes not a strategy and were hopeful that you all hopeful that you all will take the concern that is being expressed today about al import back to your smaller groups as you discuss opportunities going forward. Weve long been concerned about the extension of credit for ag transactions and trade. Hopefully i think tomorrow were going to try and take a move in the right direction. I think you guys have highlighted the number one thing that we think we can deal with, which is 908. I personally support lifting the embargo entirely. However, that may be a bridge too far for this congress. So weve got to take these baby steps. With that, i have a couple specific questions for you, under secretary. To date, the federal checkoff dollars have not been used with promotion for trade with cuba. Loose reasoning, i think almost an assumption, is that this is due to the language of tsra which precludes the use of any United States assistance incl
Screeria nigeria. A look at two Agency Budget requests, first fee mas budget then a hearing on the department of transportations 2016 budget. And later Border Patrol officials discuss threats and security along the u. S. canadian border. Next fema administrator craig fugate renting his agencys 2016 Budget Proposal to a Senate Appropriations budget committee. It is for disaster radio preparedness and resiliency. From capitol hill. This is about an hour and a half. I call this hearing to order for the dhs appropriations subcommittee. Today will be id like to welcome administrator fugate, administrator of fee ma. I appreciate very much you being here, also senator shaheen appreciate you being here as well. Were here to discuss the fiscal 2016 budget for your agency. Before we get into the substance of your budget id like to take a moment and thank you for sending roy wright to fargo several weeks ago. It was very helpful and actually will pertain or his visit there pertains to one of the
Humanitarian basis, but could you talk about the effect it could have if we were to actually lift the embargo . It will have i believe a tremendous impact on our ability to sell products and greatly increase the amount of products that were currently selling to cuba. Again right now you are looking at about 300 million worth. Again, the study by texas a m and American Farm bureau believe that formalized relations and lifting of the trade restrictions, that number could be in excess of 1 million. Illion. Billion. What this would also mean to the cuban people with the ability to purchase agricultural inputs, fertilizer seed, chemicals, and equipment, i think it would give them also the ability to have agricultural businesses produce more of what their actual demands are in the country. And create revenue throughout to the countryside and help the cuban people especially that live in the rural areas. I think it is a win for both of us, in my opinion. Mr. Under secretary, some have argued
Competition. We talked about brazil, canada argentina, mexico spain and vietnam. And ive seen some of those products in the market, rice for example, 25 cracked and broken, got to be sifted before it can be served in hotels and restaurants. It is cheap by the time it gets but by the time they fool with it the quality deteriorates. No doubt the strong dollar over the last several years has put some downward pressure on our exports, its made our products more price higher priced products. Cubans have also diversified away from us to lower priced competition. During the global recession, cubas earnings from tourism declined along with declines in the value and volume of their allimportant nickel and cobalt exports. Remittances from cubanamericans also decline during that time and put a lot of pressure on the government of cuba and limited their ability to purchase products from the u. S. And, of course, the key thing to note about the cuban market is that the term market today is a misnom