Women giving them the rule making them agent of change in this way. The female peacemakers stores january 5th on t. W. The. U. S. Says it has a signing date for its phase one trade deal with china so why is beijing so tightlipped well hear from our correspondent as to chinas view of the agreement and how it might approach the negotiations ahead. Also on the show kenya has a recycling problem plastic bottles litter the streets even when recyclers are equal for eager for more in their beds. And japan and braces vertical farming will tell you where and why. Welcome to business africa im Stephen Beers in berlin good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump said hell sign a phase one trade deal with china on january the 15th trump tweeted that the deal will be signed at a ceremony at the white house with high level chinese representatives the deal was concluded in december but many of its details have been slow to emerge trump went on to say that hell go to beijing at a later date o
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
Because of the popularity of these programs the reality is they are dramatically oversubscribed. New era is four times oversubscribed which i believe shows how important this program is to electric cooperatives across the country and how important it is to see this long overdue investment. Its great to see this and highlight the excitement of the rural coops across the country. Mr. Secretary for new era, can you share an update on how we might see application start to move forward in the process . We are in the process of completing the evaluation of approximately 70 projects of the number that was submitted. As you indicated it was a very Popular Program and oversubscribed. In an effort to determine which of these programs are feasible from a technical standpoint and from a financial standpoint. Once those evaluations are done, those projects will be ranked. And then well basically compare those rankings to the resources available. And begin a more detailed conversation to assert whet
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
Because of the popularity of these programs the reality is they are dramatically oversubscribed. New era is four times oversubscribed which i believe shows how important this program is to electric cooperatives across the country and how important it is to see this long overdue investment. Its great to see this and highlight the excitement of the rural coops across the country. Mr. Secretary for new era, can you share an update on how we might see application start to move forward in the process . We are in the process of completing the evaluation of approximately 70 projects of the number that was submitted. As you indicated it was a very Popular Program and oversubscribed. In an effort to determine which of these programs are feasible from a technical standpoint and from a financial standpoint. Once those evaluations are done, those projects will be ranked. And then well basically compare those rankings to the resources available. And begin a more detailed conversation to assert whet