The members of the second panel year in the process of having three votes on the floor of the senate and to accommodate all members in a way to be consistent with the time constraints that i will introduce executive privilege and by that time the distinguished Ranking Member will be here until somebody comes back but at any rate will introduce mr. Wolf and then get your statement when introduced we will let the senator know what the order is. With follow the famous black squirrel. [laughter] i know this is the home of the famous black squirrel because the gentleman dresses up as the blacks girl black squirrel i turned around to discover a lifesize black squirrel. I hope fish and game to not this that is being endangered a 600 million case in these northeast communities in the Bakers Association and to serve as the American Bankers Association with no small task a graduate of Southwestern College he began his banking career in 1979 to become president and ceo at the young age of 28 i re
Panel year in the process of having three votes on the floor of the senate and to accommodate all members in a way to be consistent with the time constraints that i will introduce executive privilege and by that time the distinguished Ranking Member will be here until somebody comes back but at any rate will introduce mr. Wolf and then get your statement when introduced we will let the senator know what the order is. With follow the famous black squirrel. [laughter] i know this is the home of the famous black squirrel because the gentleman dresses up as the blacks girl black squirrel i turned around to discover a lifesize black squirrel. I hope fish and game to not this that is being endangered a 600 million case in these northeast communities in the Bakers Association and to serve as the American Bankers Association with no small task a graduate of Southwestern College he began his banking career in 1979 to become president and ceo at the young age of 28 i really appreciate you being
Will vote on sometime next week. I also predict, mr. President , that this is the last farm bill that wont be driven by the new realities of people who want their food needs met in new ways. Those food needs are going to be greater, but were going to be less concerned, i would expect, five years from now about farm surpluses and what happens if we grow too much than we are about how we meet the growing food needs of the world, partly because of the population, partly because people once they get better food just want better food. Once you have the variety of food, once you have the experience of better food, nobody wants to go back to the food that they used to have. And were going to see that driving this debate over more over the next few years than we have up until now. Agriculture in many states, including my state of missouri, the number one industry in the state, 16 of our work force is directly involved in agriculture. It continues in state after state. You and i have both heard
So those would be the sort of three things that i would look for. So i want to talk to both [laughter] both the secretary as well as the president of the land grant institution, because the challenge i think is the same coming and that is to work together, the two worked together large into seriously. The example that i cited earlier, whether it was indonesia, sort of in africa or data in the United States are all about collaboration. That is occurring. One of the things that we have identified in the challenges and go after is the demand of more and better foo food for sustainability and the role of the development is the awareness and dialogue increasing. Thats good. You know, how do we develop . It is a part of the solution into the development is more. The modernization is becoming more and more understood as a part of an opportunity. Of the World Development and all of those dialogs are good. The awareness is increasing. Its the level of seriousness and intensity on the scale on t
Digging actually channels along the river and widens the flow of the river. Can you give me an idea of just over the past 25 to 30 years of the budget dollars you have what has been the trend in maintenance spending and in environmental spending . Just in general figures or percentages . Well,ly answer by saying i dont know that i can give you that general percentage right off the bat. Theres always come back and get it, but certainly our civil emissions include our navigation, our hydropower from the energy perspective. We have aquatic ecosystem restoration. We have a Natural Resource Management Mission within our civil works that includes Environmental Stewardship recreation component as well. Our flood Risk Management and Flood Control definitely is a big component of our civil works mission. And then of course, we have our Regulatory Program as far as our service to the nation and the waters of the u. S. So our efforts are to balance those Mission Sites mission areas, as far as the