biden s nominee to be deputy-energy secretary. the committee is meeting the committee is meeting today for both a business meeting and a hearing. we are going to begin by considering the nomination of david turk to be the deputy secretary of energy. i am going to start with my opening statement. then, i will turn over to senator barrasso for his. and then, we ll have hopefully one more ready to roll. i was highly impressed by mr. turk at our hearing last week. he clearly has a firm grasp on the wide range of issues facing the department of energy. he is going to bring a wealth of practical experience to the job of deputy secretary. he started his career working in the senate for our former colleague, kent conrad, who speaks very highly of him. he then worked on the senate-judiciary committee for senator biden. he held a series of national-security and foreign-affairs jobs in the house, in the state department, and at the national security council. he spent two years as depu
Good evening, everyone. Good evening. Thats good. Thank you all for being here. My name is kirk brandt, were delighted to have you here for the four evening book talks and i begin by thanking the Ford Motor Company for their partnership, and theyve done a lot for us including endowing this book talk series. Im personally able to welcome back nathaniel philbrick. And i asked to introduce him because whenever i do that, im struck by his bona fides as a true renaissance man. A ba from brown university, and he was a james duke fellow and a worked as an editor at sailing World Magazine and wrote and edited several sailing books, the yachting wind, and the parody. And hes the author of mayflower, as well as a book heart of the sea, National Book award for nonfiction. In 2010 he published a book called the last stand, it was New York Times best seller. It was a New York Times notable book and ala notable book and attempted into a 10 part tv series and adapted as we speak into a 10part series
Thatans, rice, sugar thing. At least now they are part of the program, and i am hopeful i have been hopeful ever since that the fruit and vegetable and would begin to organize and organize more arongly to be a part bigger part of what we might call production agriculture in america. We need more fresh Fruit Farmers in america. We need more greenhouses in places around the country. Thing, but at least now they have their foot in the door. Can yout know reduce some of the other things . Yeah, maybe. It is not as much as it used to be, i will tell you that. It is not as much support as there used to be for peanuts, cotton, rice. Of course, tobacco went out some years ago corns, beans, that kind of thing so it is not so much direct payment as it is just support mechanisms out there. Michael thank you, senator. Sen. Harkin ok. Thank you. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for it
Thatans, rice, sugar thing. At least now they are part of the program, and i am hopeful i have been hopeful ever since that the fruit and vegetable and would begin to organize and organize more arongly to be a part bigger part of what we might call production agriculture in america. We need more fresh Fruit Farmers in america. We need more greenhouses in places around the country. Thing, but at least now they have their foot in the door. Can yout know reduce some of the other things . Yeah, maybe. It is not as much as it used to be, i will tell you that. It is not as much support as there used to be for peanuts, cotton, rice. Of course, tobacco went out some years ago corns, beans, that kind of thing so it is not so much direct payment as it is just support mechanisms out there. Michael thank you, senator. Sen. Harkin ok. Thank you. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for it
Thatans, rice, sugar thing. At least now they are part of the program, and i am hopeful i have been hopeful ever since that the fruit and vegetable and would begin to organize and organize more arongly to be a part bigger part of what we might call production agriculture in america. We need more fresh Fruit Farmers in america. We need more greenhouses in places around the country. Thing, but at least now they have their foot in the door. Can yout know reduce some of the other things . Yeah, maybe. It is not as much as it used to be, i will tell you that. It is not as much support as there used to be for peanuts, cotton, rice. Of course, tobacco went out some years ago corns, beans, that kind of thing so it is not so much direct payment as it is just support mechanisms out there. Michael thank you, senator. Sen. Harkin ok. Thank you. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for it