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[inaudible conversations] c good morning. the hearing on agriculture in the state of the rural committee will come to order. bow our heads please. dear heavenly father we come before you increase to first of all say thank you. we thank you for so many blessings as you bestow upon us, many of which we don t even know on this occasion we ask a special blessing on our agriculture industry and that your blessings, upon her new secretary of agriculture, sonny perdue. dear heavenly father, finally we thank you for your holy spirit. for oftentimes we know not what we should pray for but your holy spirit intercedes for us. we thank you for that and we ask your holy spirit to be in this room today. these and other blessings we ask for your son christ jesus, amen. david thank you. mr. secretary welcome. you and i have had several conversations before this party but let me officially congratulate you on becoming our nation s 31st secretary of agriculture. we are excited about ....
general sullivan to be deputy secretary of state. confirmation vote set for 5:3 fr 5:30 p.m. eastern this afternoon. now live coverage of the u.s. senate. the senate. the chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. .gracious and loving god, you continue to give us reasons for rejoicing in your love and grace. we praise you for the beauty of the sunrise and the glory of the sunset. today, guide our lawmakers with your wisdom and love, empowering them to strengthen men and women on life s journey. lord, help our senators to remember that nothing is impossible for you, for your grace and might hold the galaxies in place. .lord, we are grateful for your presence in this chamber, our nation, and our world. .use us all for your glory and for the good of those in need. .continue to do in our lives exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we can ask or imagine. .we pray in your merciful name. . amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the p ....
this event was hosted by the heritage foundation. mr. miller: good morning and welcome to the heritage foundation. my name is terry miller. i am the director of the center for free markets and regulatory reform here at the heritage foundation. i would ask for you please, those in the audience, to make the last check of your cell phones to make sure they won t interrupt the proceedings today. we will get started right now. the event today is really designed to celebrate the publication of a new heritage special report called big government policies that hurt the poor and how to address them. the united states is a very compassionate country, and we have a lot of government activities that affect poor members of our population in one way or the other. welfare programs, welfare spending of one kind or another, that add up to well over a trillion dollars these days. that can be things like health ofe, direct income support one kind or another. we are not here to talk about ....
mr. miller: good morning and welcome to the heritage foundation. my name is terry miller. i am the director of the center for free markets and regulatory reform here at the heritage foundation. i would ask for you please, those in the audience, to make the last check of your cell phones to make sure they won t interrupt the proceedings today. we will get started right now. the event today is really designed to celebrate the publication of a new heritage special report called big government policies that hurt the poor and how to address them. the united states is a very compassionate country, and we have a lot of government activities that affect poor members of our population in one way or the other. welfare programs, welfare spending of one kind or another, that add up to well over a trillion dollars these days. that can be things like health ofe, direct income support one kind or another. we are not here to talk about those policies today. we want to talk about anothe ....
story of war, politics, griftopia, and his most recent book, insane clown president. during our live three-our conversation, we would take your , and facebook questions on mr. taibbi s career. live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern, sunday. next, a look at the impact government policies can have on u.s. property rights. we will hear from former trump campaign economic adviser stephen moore, and a panel debate on the affected land-use restrictions can have on low income americans. this event was hosted by the heritage foundation. good morning and welcome to the heritage foundation. i am the director of the center for free markets and regulatory reform here at the heritage foundation. i asked for those of you in the audience to please make that last little check of your cell phone. make sure that they will not interrupt the proceedings today. we will get started right now. the event today is really designed to celebrate the publication of a new heritage special repo ....