After brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witness today and the hearing will be open to questions. Good morning once again. Welcome to todays hearing receive testimony from the secretary of agriculture. I think my colleagues participating and secretary bill sec for his time we have a lengthy hearing ahead of us. I will be brief and might remarks nearly three years ive traveled across the country to different farmers, ranchers, foresters, Rural Communities and everyday consumers. Many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle jointly for those travels. The message we have heard from those folks was very clear. They need a government to work for them, not against them. These men and women have struggled with a fractured supply chain, considerable input cost, relentless inflation, natural disasters, volatile markets and labor shortage each consistently worsened by illconceived halfbaked executive action. What seemingly is a daily occurrence taxpayer dollars be
it would either take a coordinated lockdown to stem the spread or a mass vaccination as soon as possible because our leadership at the time was incapable of doing so. one year later, we mourn more than 530,000 americans who have lost their lives to this plague. but we can also take some heart from millions of american who s have been vaccinated. and president joe biden s promise to have a shot ready for every american in about seven weeks as the vaccine appears to have convinced much of our reeling nation that we re clearing all-clear. and the president s historic relief package offers a lifeline to americans of all walks of life. tonight we ll be talking about what it will do for millions of our neighbors facing hunger and for overlooked black farmers slated to receive more aid from the federal government than they ever have. all of this, of course, without any help from republican lawmakers and all of that tonight on politics nation. but first joining me now is white hous
Agriculture industry and rural economy. Well bring you his speech that will begin in just moments. We have full coverage and analysis from our panel this whole hour. Dan henninger. Liz peek from fiscal times. Gop strategist, ned ryun, town halls guy benson. David we used all our brown any points to get a guests like that. Dow is showing just shy of a record but longer term moves are looking good. Nicole petallides on floor of the new york stock exchange. It is sad, nicole, so go january pose the year of first five days are not bad, right. We had one record after another. Only the Dow Jones Industrial average pulled back ever so slightly at 14 points. Dow, nasdaq, s p, russell, transportation average hit record highs today. As you noted so goes january. Dow and s p up 2 . Nasdaq is up 3. 7 right now. Great start for a few days in. Of course dow 25,000 was a lot of fun. Optimism from the tax overhaul. You can see technology, a group that did so well in 2017 continues to flourish here. In
Bureau federation was president george h. W. Bush 25 years ago. So it is an indication of what this president thinks about your organization and u. S. People and what you do for the United States economy. Just think about it a year ago you remember what it was like a year ago . Washington was accustomed to writing regulations that strangled growth and freedom. One year ago, washington was accustomed to Political Correctness that smothered the truth. One year ago, washington was accustomed to moving at a bureaucratic pace that was all talk and no action. One year ago, washington was accustomed to apologizing for america being a great nation. Let me tell you, our president , president donald j. Trump, is moving at lightning speed and accomplished more in his first year than most president s do throughout their term. [cheers and applause] sec. Perdue listen to this hes liberated the American Economy by eliminating 860 rules and regulations, cutting 22 regulations for every new one, and a
Accustomed to Political Correctness that smothered the truth. One year ago, washington was accustomed to moving at a bureaucratic pace that was all talk and no action. One year ago, washington was accustomed to apologizing for america being a great nation. Let me tell you, our president , president donald j. Trump, is moving at lightning speed and accomplished more in his first year than most president s do throughout their term. [cheers and applause] sec. Perdue listen to this hes liberated the American Economy by eliminating 860 rules and regulations, cutting 22 regulations for every new one, and a 5. 5 trillion tax cut. [applause] sec. Perdue creating 2 million jobs and 85 record highs in the dow jones. Three two straight quarters of gdp growth 3 or over, and the american optimism is booming. Hes restored confidence and respect for our world leadership and rebuilding our military. America has stopped apologizing for being the greatest nation on earth, and we are being respected agai