The American People. This is why i asked attorney general nice to conduct his review and wire, when that raised actions, i asked for a review. Also why i ordered full cooperation with congressional inquiries. This was an important contribution to your and the american. I intend to read and digest it first and carefully act on its recommendations. Next week i will address the nation and give the American People my response to this report. I will do whatever is necessary to enact the proper reforms and meet the challenges ahead. Now i will take your questions. Will Donald Reagan be leaving as your chief of staff . The special review board has completed its work. Senator muskie and general so growth will have their own statements in a moment. But it might be helpful to give you the highlights of this link the report. I want to note that i have never been privileged to work with two more public spirited, receptive and intellectually honest than ed and ben. Our working relationship was cong
The American People. This is why i asked attorney general nice to conduct his review and wire, when that raised actions, i asked for a review. Also why i ordered full cooperation with congressional inquiries. This was an important contribution to your and the american. I intend to read and digest it first and carefully act on its recommendations. Next week i will address the nation and give the American People my response to this report. I will do whatever is necessary to enact the proper reforms and meet the challenges ahead. Now i will take your questions. Will Donald Reagan be leaving as your chief of staff . The special review board has completed its work. Senator muskie and general so growth will have their own statements in a moment. But it might be helpful to give you the highlights of this link the report. I want to note that i have never been privileged to work with two more public spirited, receptive and intellectually honest than ed and ben. Our working relationship was cong
Security adviser brent scowcroft. This program from the Video Library is about one hour. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. Pres. Reagan please be seated. On behalf of myself and the American People, i want to extend my thanks to senator tower, secretary muskie and mr. Scowcraft. Whatever this report may say, i have appointed, or i am proud to have appointed this distinguished board because it fulfills my commitment to get the facts and share them with the American People. This is why i asked the attorney general to conduct his review and why when that review uncovered on authorized actions, i ordered disclosure of what we knew. It is why i urged the appointment of an independent counsel and why i appointed David Abshire as my special counselor on this matter. And it is also why i ordered full cooperation with congressional inquiries. And it is why i appointed this board, the tower board. The significance of this boards work is reflected in the size of the volume
I call this thes hearing of the Senate Committee on agriculture attrition and forestry to order. Thank you all for coming. Todays hearing will examine the overall climate of credit in Rural America, the health of ag lending from the commercial bank in the farm Credit System perspectives and what the impact of current credit environment having our nations farms. We will also examine whether the Farm Credit Administration is exercising appropriate oversight in the farm Credit System. Farmers and ranchers across the country are experiencing difficult Economic Conditions as the farm sector profitability is forecast to decline for the Third Straight year. Over the past three years alone, debt debt farm income is expected to decline by 56 . As our nations farmers and Rural Communities continue to deal with low Commodity Prices and always elevated input costs, access to Affordable Credit in Rural America is absolutely crucial. The spring 2016 agriculture Lenders Survey released by kansas stat
Violence. The first is a Law Enforcement bill. It is a bipartisan gun trafficking amendment which would finally make gun trafficking a federal crime. We would assume bringing weapons up i95 and selling them out of the back of your truck to a gang member in new york city would be illegal, that it would be a federal crime. Its not. Its not a federal crime to do that. This bill is called the pendleton naison gun trafficking prevention act. Its named after two teenage girls would lost their lives because of gun violence in their neighborhoods. They were doing playing with friend, minding their own business and a stray bullet shot them both down. Naison was killed in brooklyn. Hadea was killed in chicago. These are two young girls. I met naisons parents. They dont understand why their daughter had to die. Right now there is no federal law preventing someone from loading up a truck in georgia, driving it up i95, and reselling those weapons in a parking lot in brooklyn to a gang member or oth