[inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone and welcome back as we return from Holiday Season to continue our work and Economic Opportunity subcommittee. Without objection the chair is authorized to callec for recesst any time. Todays hearing is entitled redoing the availability of resources to address veteran hunger. Im hopeful we can shed some light on a very important issue for veterans around the country. This hearing will examine department of Veterans Affairs and department of Agriculture Programs identify Food Insecurity among nearly 20 million veterans and provide nutrition assistance for those in need. Specifically, today through aly focus on how veterans access nutrition resourceson come out recent policy changes have impacted the availability of resources, and how congress can more effectively support public and nonpublic agencies that seek to end veteran hunger, so critically important. This continues the subcommittees efforts to get economic factors that contribute to
Work in the Economic Opportunity subcommittee. Without objection the chair is authorized to calle for recess at any time. Todays hearing is entitled redoing the availability of resources to address veteran hunger. Im hopeful we can shed some light on a very important issue for veterans around the country. This hearing will examine department of Veterans Affairs and department of Agriculture Programs identify Food Insecurity among nearly 20 million veterans and provide nutrition assistance for those in need. Specifically, today through aly focus on how veterans access nutrition resources come out recent policy changes have impacted the availability of resources, and how congress can more effectively support public and nonpublic agencies that seek to end veteran hunger, so critically important. This continues the subcommittees efforts to get economic factors that contribute to veteran suicide which we note include homelessness and hunger. Our subcommittee works in a bipartisan way to str
Entitled redoing the availability of resources to address veteran hunger. Im hopeful we can shed some light on a very important issue for veterans around the country. This hearing will examine department of Veterans Affairs and department of Agriculture Programs identify Food Insecurity among nearly 20 million veterans and provide nutrition assistance for those in need. Specifically, today through aly focus on how veterans access nutrition resources come out recent policy changes have impacted the availability of resources, and how congress can more effectively support public and nonpublic agencies that seek to end veteran hunger, so critically important. This continues the subcommittees efforts to get economic factors that contribute to veteran suicide which we note include homelessness and hunger. Our subcommittee works in a bipartisan way to strengthen education and job Training Programs so veterans can get a good job but, unfortunately, thats not always the outcome. Sometimes joble
Good monday morning great to be with you and great to be back with my partner phillip. Yeah, i am so happy to be back been gone for like a week. Cant wait to get right back into it. We begin this morning with a lifethreatening flood putting millions at risk as tropical depression barry churns its way inland officials concerned the flash flooding could dump more than 20 inches of rain in louisiana and wash out six other states. The coast guard rescuing 12 people this weekend who are left stranded in flooded homes. Nbcs Dan Scheneman reports. Reporter barry has been downgraded, but is still dangerous. Much of the southern portion of the state is still experiencing heavy rainfall. And it could lead to flash flooding reporter up to 6 inches of rain possible in some areas, in baton rouge, roads are flooded and creeks are overflowing the forecast has rain again all the way up the Lower Mississippi valley that rain will get into the valley and come back down to louisiana, so we want to make s
Good morning to you. Welcome to news4 midday, im jummy olabanji. Im eun yang. This is our first time working together on the set and im happy youre part of the family. Welcome, welcome. We want to star with reaction after President Donald Trump took aim at a group of progressive congresswomen ove e weekend, each a woman of color. En the presidtold the u. S. Congresswomen to, quote, go back home and fix their country. Here is reactiono to the tweea that many calling racist. Reporter a firestorm of reactions continuing today to a series of tweets from President Trump, targeting a group of democratic congresswomen. The president saying they should go back to the broken and crimeinfested places from which they came. Thats a racist tweet. Telling people to go back where they came from . Reporter all but one were born in the u. S. Its really aad state of affairs when the president of the United States is going to use race in a way that divides the ignorant about who all these people are. Rep