Heres the hour and 40minute hearing. Good morning. Come to order. We thank everyone for joining us this morning. We want to thank the witnesses for taking the time to travel across the country and take time away from their businesses in some instances to have this important discussion. As is the case with these hearings, there will be members coming and going. There are overlapping hearings in other committees so youll see folks come and go throughout and ask questions. We just bear ask your your patience in bearing with that as well approximately farming and agriculture are at the heart of strong economies around the country. Investing in ago culture is crucial to ensuring our communities can thrive. Coming from colorado i understand the importance it has on our states way of life and economic wellbeing. Nearly half of our acres are dedicated to over 30,000 farms and ranches, many of which are small, locally owned. Cattle, corn, wheat and dairy, but small farms are raising bison to os
Technology on farming. We heard about innovations and how federal policy including rural access to Broadband Internet can help in the development of agriculture. Good morning. We thank everyone for joining us this morning for our first Small Business Committee Hearing of 2020. I want to especially thank the witnesses for taking the time to travel across the country and take time away from their businesses in some instances to have this important question. As is the case with these hearings, there will be members coming and going. There are overlapping hearings on other committees so youll see some folks come and go so we ask for your patience in bearing with that as well. Farming and agriculture are at the heart of strong economies around the country. Investing in agriculture is crucial to ensure that our communities can thrive. Coming from colorado i understand the importance that farming and agriculture have on our states way of life and economic wellbeing. Nearly half of colorados 6
Im in the south of germany in the foothills of the algo. And this is kept in the biggest city in the alcove region but around here big is relative its only home to about 70000 people despite the fact that it was 1st settled over 2 centuries ago i thought id take a guided tour to find out more about it. While i wait for my guide to arrive im going to get you guys up to speed on today is it temporary because of course were not only checking out captain i want to try biathlon a combination of crosscountry skiing and a rifle shooting and learn how to prepare a class a regional dish that theres lots more to come. Like sightseeing tips for the algo including castle and the Pilgrimage Church of peace. Winter sport ideas from downhill skiing to snow shoeing and building eclipse. And a heavenly traditional bavarian sledding event the shuttling car race and front an. Actor no hello are you my guide. Lovely weather were having. One of the morning the ladies and gentlemen i like to welcome you to
We do have a change in our supervisor. Rafael nadal him and will no longer be part of our board and we will have mr. Dean pressed things preston starting next month in february. We have a quorum. Item number four . Item four is the possible modifications of the meetings set forth below. Regular Meeting Minutes from december 12th, 2019. Are there any corrections to the minutes . I move adoption of the minutes for the december 12th meeting. Second. Any Public Comment on this item . All those in favor of approving the minutes signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed . Its unanimous. Item number five. Number five is the general Public Comment on matters within the boards jurisdiction. Happy new year. Im sure you are tired of hearing from me, but i want to let you know that i genuinely appreciate all of your time. I wanted to say that last month or the month before when you made the recommendations for the memo, i really wanted take to get to hard. I especially thought about what you said, c
America this morning, december jobs report is expected just about in 2 and a half hours time after 8 00 a. M. Eastern this morning, estimates show 164,000 jobs added to the economy in the month of december of the last month of 2019 with Unemployment Rate Holding Steady at 50year low, 3 and a half , markets are up ahead of the report, take a look, dow industrials up 54 points, s p futures up 7 and a quarter, john, we are expecting a slowdown from the robust growth we saw earlier in the year and certainly in 2018. Nevertheless i think this jobs report is going to be good enough so that we are going to have new record highs at the close of the equity market today, you know, probably conformed to expectations we will see further growth by wages but not at such a rate of growth that we begin to worry about inflation. Maria expansion continues in the year . Why not. No registration in 2 years, we are in 11th year, we have a way to go. Its so nice to see america winning again, literally more