[inaudible conversations] c good morning. The hearing on agriculture in the state of the Rural Committee will come to order. Bow our heads please. Dear heavenly father we come before you increase to first of all say thank you. We thank you for so Many Blessings as you bestow upon us, many of which we dont even know on this occasion we ask a special blessing on our agriculture industry and that your blessings, upon her new secretary of agriculture, sonny perdue. Dear heavenly father, finally we thank you for your holy spirit. For oftentimes we know not what we should pray for but your holy spirit intercedes for us. We thank you for that and we ask your holy spirit to be in this room today. These and other blessings we ask for your son christ jesus, amen. David thank you. Mr. Secretary welcome. You and i have had several conversations before this party but let me officially congratulate you on becoming our nations 31st secretary of agriculture. We are excited about working with you and c
Birthday in march, the reality of spending more than 1500 nights away from my family over eight years hit me harder than it had before. Representative chaffetz was first elected in 2009. Agriculture secretary sonny purdue testified before congress for the first time yesterday since taking office. He briefed members of the housing a which you are committee on the role of farming, on rural economies throughout the United States. This hearing runs about three and a half hours. Good morning, the hearing on the committee of agriculture entitled state and Rural Economy, secretary of agriculture sonny purdue will come to order. Ive asked david scott to open for us. David . Sure, bow our heads, please. Dear heavenly father we come before your throne of grace to first of all say thank you, we thank you for so Many Blessings that you bestow upon us, many which we dont even know. On this occasion, we ask a special blessing on our agriculture industry and that your blessings come upon our new secr
Bannon and donald trump and the republicans on this fcc roll back on access to the free press. Thank you again very much. Thank you all for being here. And stay woke [ cheers and applause ] thank you, congresswoman. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies. That is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Later today on cspan3, canadas National Defense minister talks about his countrys defense policy, support for nato, protecting Canadas Arctic territory, and funding for troops and equipment. Hosted by the wilson center, its live at 5 00 p. M. Eastern. In his first appearance before the house agriculture committee, agriculture secretary sonny perdue testified about the role of farming in the u. S. It economy and President Trumps proposal budget cuts to the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Congressman mike conoway chairs the committee. Good morning. State of Rural Economy. Bow our
Good morning, this hearing will come to order. I would ask that my written Opening Statement be entered into the record. Without objection. I want to welcome secretary kelly for a hearing on the Homeland Security fiscal year 2018 budget. This is the third time secretary kelly has been before this committee, the second time as secretary. We appreciate your service to this country, your many years of it. I just want to make a couple of comments. By vocation, i am an accountant so i have gone through budget meetings many, many times. I want to talk about the history of the budget of the department of Homeland Security. When you take a look at total Budget Authority, when the department was first stood up, the first fiscal year was 2004. Wasdepartments budget 36. 5 billion. Had that budget just grown by inflation, todays request would be a little under 50 billion. The total Budget Authority is 70. 6 billion, a 93 increase. From my standpoint that represents on a bipartisan fashion, preside
[indistinct conversation] [inaudible] i asked consent that my written Opening Statement be entered into the record. I want to welcome secretary kelly, this is a hearing on the department of Homeland Securitys fiscal year 2018 budget. This is the third time secretary kelly has appeared before the committee. Second time as secretary of the department. We welcome you and appreciate your service to this country. In the of my Opening Statement going to make a couple of comments. By vocation i am a accountant our talk about the department of Homeland Security budget. When you look at total Budget Authority, and the department was first it up it was 2004 and the departments budget was 36. 5 billion. Had that budget grown by inflation todays request would be under 50 billion. Instead, total Budget Authority is 70. 6 billion, but a 90 increase. That represents on a bipartisan fashion president bush, president obama now President Trump realist the threat environment that america faces has become