Programs. This joint hearing of the Sub Committees on general fund communities, Risk Management, livestock reviewing the implementation of federal farm and Disaster Relief comes to order. Thank you and welcome to this joint hearing of the subcommittees on general farm commodities and Risk Management and livestock and foreign agriculture. Im pleased to be joined by my colleague and fellow chairman as well as my Ranking Member and the livestock Foreign Affairs Ranking Member. Welcome also to our chairman and my fellow texan Ranking Member. This first joint hearing comes at a very important time for farmers. Usda and in particular the Food Production and conservation missionary in the Farm Service Agency is in the middle of a huge job. F packed and fsa are currently at the home of three critical separate efforts to address the needs of farmers, ranchers in Rural Communities in our country. The Market Facilitation Program which is meant to assist those farmers most harmed by the administra
Press club earlier this week about next years farm bill, food exports, free trade agreements and his relationship with President Trump. This is an hour. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, and welcome to the National Press club today for todays speakers lunch. I was president of the club in 2010 but cover food and agriculture issues for Bloomberg News which may explain why ive been exhumed for todays luncheon. We are pleased to have secretary of agriculture sonny per i due. We welcome him for the first time to the National Press club. First of all, before we begin his remarks, i would like you all to please put your phones on silent. Now, back in the day we used to tell you to turn them off, but we want them on sigh leapt because you would silent because we would like you to live tweet, the hashtag is pound npc live. Thats also true for all you folks out there in the twitter verses, we can follow that online. Wed also like to take a moment while you are silencing your phones and
With that kind of cha keenry. Finally, the philadelphia refinery could have avoided needing to buy any r. I. N. s at all if it had just invested in blending infrastructure years ago like many of its fellow merchant refineries did. In fact, the philadelphia refinery is partly owned by sunoco which owns blending infrastructure. We also know that that refinery has an arrangement whereby about supplies ethanol with r. I. N. s attached to sunoco for blending with its gasoline. Other independent refiners with smaller arrangements have an agreement to return the r. I. N. s to the refiner once they are detached. The r. F. S. Was created to bring cleaner burning, Renewable Fuels to consumers. The r. I. N. s system was developed as a flexible system that would allow obligated parties to choose between investing in blending infrastructure or buying r. I. N. s for the renewable fuel standard compliance. Philadelphia refinery made the decision to buy r. I. N. s instead. That hasnt worked out very w
Senator stevens, and senator stevens told the president , he said, this lady makes some of the best Fried Chicken in the country. You wouldnt think that coming from alaska but i can testify from personal knowledge that that was a fact. The lucky wish bone, i expect, will continue on. It is a successful business with a large, large following. But with the passing of peggy and now george marks the end of an era for us back in alaska. We have lost two beloved pioneers who were dear friends to so many of us, and i am proud to count myself among that group. Its important that we acknowledge their place in alaskas history, and thats what i intend to do briefly today. George was a native of wisconsin. He attended high school in red wing, minnesota. He joined the Minnesota National guard. He was selected for officer candidate school. In 1943, george and peggy met, and they married the next year in 1944. It is said that they met over formica. George was training to be a pilot and peggy was a wa
And the parent of this network challenging 21st century fox by offering to acquire uk Broadcaster Sky for 31 billion. The share is higher than the portion to buy sky it doesnt already own. Comcasts chairman and ceo spoke about the bid on a Conference Call moments ago take a listen to Brian Roberts. When it became clear it was not only sky for sale but that every share was potentially going to have a change of ownership, we thought now was the time to make a superior cash proposal and that is exactly what they are calling it a superior cash proposal and it is now, that proposal word is important having to do with uk takeover law this is actually a proposal under 2. 4. They need to go to 2. 7 but it doesnt mean or take away from the significance or seriousness. They just have to get their financing together they havent gotten the board approval that is all technicalities for the bigger picture, which is as carl just said, the 31 billion cash all 50 versus the 1075. Timing was the key for