Priorities for the 2018 farm bill. The needs are certainly great. Every day our producers encounter extreme and unpredictable weather and pests to name a few. Researches and institutions tasked with these challenges are directed to do so with minimal federal resources and an aging infrastructure. Crafting the agriculture improvement act of and i along with members of this committee recognized that we had to continue to build on the strong history of Agriculture Research in the United States. With the enactment of the bill, the primary department of Agriculture Research education authorities were reauthorize z including the Agriculture Research and the National Institute of food and agriculture. Funds including the hatch act and the smith lever mccann tis sten nis and evans allen were extended and competitive Grant Programs were included to support Research Facilities and equipment improvements. Provisions were included to bring incompetent to 1890 and 1994 institutions. The farm and Ra
Pursuant to notice i call up the chairs resolution authorizing the certain subpoenas for documents and testimony for purposes of markup and move the committee agree to the resolution. The clerk will were before the resolution. Resolution offered by jerrold nadler. Resolved that the chairman of the committee on the judiciary is authorized to issue subpoenas for documents and testimony from current and former Administration Officials relating to the following. Tolerance policy other family separation policies and practices. Two, detention or shortterm custody of children and or families and three, discussions about or offering the president ial pardon to department of Homeland Security officials or employees. In addition, the chairman without objection the resolution is considered as read and. Open for amendment. I will recognize myself for. An Opening Statement today the Committee Takes additional steps in two areas. Immigration and alleged obstruction of justice first immigration. Over
Authorized to issue subpoenas with officials relating to the following. One, the zero tolerance policy and other family separation policies and practices. Two detention or shortterm custody of children and or family and discussions about or offer the president ial pardon to the department of Homeland Security officials or employees. The chairman at his discession. Without objection, i begin by recognizing myself for an Opening Statement. Today the committee will take important steps to avoid oversight of the Trump Administration in two areas. Immigration and obstruction of justice. First immigration. We have held hearings and sent letters to the jurisdiction regarding inhumane policies. Many questions remany and it is past time we hold this administration accountable. January is one of my first acts as chairman i sent letters to secretary nielsen. And then with whittaker and azar asking they preserve and turn over any information and records pertaining to the development and execution
Individual donors, and thats dramatically down. Nonprofits wonder if people dont have more to give after donate to go Natural Disaster like hurricanes, and the fires in california. We also dont know if the new tax law is causing people to pause and rethink their strategies at the end of the year. Reporter its possible the new tax law is prompting people to prepay their property taxes, due in april, and now theyre cashstrapped. In 2018, the standard deduction married couples filing jointly can take is increasing from just under 13,000 to 24,000. Theyre going to get a free deduction of 24,000. So they may not need that charitable deduction to get them up to that level anymore. Reporter Second Harvest food bank hopes people will still want to give. Their depending on it. There are certainly a lot of changes as a result of tax reform, including property tax and mortgage deductions. You can read all about it and hear what local accountants recommend at our website, abc7news. Com. Starting o
Drop in donations. It could get worse in the new year. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im dion lim. Im dan ashley. The big change for 2018, the tax reform law, will take effect. It doubles the standard deduction, which means less incentive to itemize your taxes. That could lead to fewer people donating. Already the Second Harvest food bank is in danger of not reaching its goal for next year. Reporter a free meal means so much to those struggling to survive in the bay area. The ceo of Second Harvest food bank worries how much the nonprofit will be able to provide in 2018. The food bank set out to raise 16. 5 million this year. Theyre still 8 million short. We have many new pantry openings planned. We have many new partners we want to bring on board. And we will have to look at whether or not well be able to open those programs. Reporter Second Harvest says in the last ten years, the number of clients it clara and counties has nearly doubled. Corporate funding is strong, but half