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
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
For the upcoming fiscal year, a testimony from the secretary, jennifer granholm, live coverage here on cspan3. The chair will recognize himself for a fiveminute Opening Statement. Welcome to the hearing to review the department of Energy Performance and fulfillment of the statutory responsibilities and to examine the departments fiscal year 2025 budget request to congress. Welcome back to the committee, secretary granholm. The department of energy has National Security responsibilities to protect Energy Security and oversee the Nations Nuclear weapons program. They conduct an overseas taxpayerfunded research and development, providing loans and grants to help commercialize energyrelated technologies. These hearings are essential to ensure that the department is taking to its core mission and is a responsible steward of taxpayer resources. These hearings are essential. Members will also have an opportunity to examine the department of energys expanded budget request as this year they ar
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Grew while Global Carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels stayed flat. What this means cant be overstated. We have broken the old arguments for inaction. We have proved that strong Economic Growth and a safer environment no longer has to conflict with one another. They can work in concert with one another. And that should give us hope. One of the enemies that well be fighting at this conference is cynicism. The notion we cant do anything about Climate Change. Our progress should give us hope during these two weeks. Hope that is rooted in collective action. Earlier this month in dubai, after years of delay, the world agreed to Work Together to cut the super pollutants known as hfcs. At that progress. Already prior to paris more than 180 countries representing nearly 95 of global emissions have put forward their own climate targets. That is progress. For our part americas on track to reach the emissions targets that i set six years ago copenhagen. We will reduce our Carbon Emissions i