Good morning. Were going to order. Over two years ago, we kicked off the 2018 farmville, and the whole process was by holding that hearing at Kansas City University. If humans later, we held a hearing in this room. We are from the United States department of agriculture officials. We heard about a Critical Role in Agriculture Researchers play throughout our countrys history. We also heard about the Research Priorities for a 2018 farmville. The knees are certainly great. Every day our producers are counter extreme weather just to name a few things. There are challenges with right to do so with minimal federal resources in an aging infrastructure. The United States produces the safest most affordable food in the world. Ever and in crafting the agriculture and provement act of 2019, Ranking Member deborah safford and myself and i along with members of this committee recognize that we have to continue to build on the strong history of Agriculture Research in the United States. An enactment
There is shooting. Who shoots a girl festival. Videos posted on the media show frightening scene as festivalgoers rushed the exits, after cutting open offense to get in the event the gunman opened fire around 5 40 pm yesterday as the 30 of the garlic festival was winding down. 3 Police Officers in the area rushed forwards and confronted the gunman. As soon as he saw the officers, he fired at the officers with the rifle. I had 3 officers who engaged the suspect. Despite the fact that they were outgunned with handguns against the rifle, the officers were able to fatally wound the suspect. Reporter the gunman shot and killed by police but not before he took the lives of a sixyearold and 13yearold and a man in his 20s. Any time a life is lost its a tragedy. When it is young people it is even worse. Reporter gilroys police chief says the Quick Response undoubtedly save lives. The number of people, the small area they were in, its very, very fortunate they were able to engage them as quickly
Friday on cspan2 and cspan. Org or listen with the free cspan radio app. The house will be in order. For 40 years cspan has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress. The white house. The supreme court. And Public Policy events from washington d. C. And around the country. You can make up your own mind. Created by cable in 1978. Cspan is brought by the local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Next a hearing on Agriculture Research and the status of the implementation of the 2018 farm bill. We hear about relocating parts of the Agriculture Department to the kansas city region. This hearing was held by the Senate Agriculture committee. Good morning. I call this meeting to order. Over two years ago we kicked off the 2018 farm bill, and that whole process was by holding a hearing at Kansas State University of our Land Grant Institution. A few months later there was a hearing in this room. What we heard from the officials representatives fro
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
Ms. Ca tooth owe mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from West Virginia. Ms. Caputo i wish sam and his next deployment well as his military liaison and i thank him as well for serving our country. Ms. Capito i come to the floor to talk about tax reform and its benefits for middleclass families across this nation, but first id like to highlight a program that is critical to these families, especially the children, especially the children. That is the state Childrens Health insurance program, or as we refer to it and its referred across the nation, chip. Mrs. Capito for more than 20 years, and really, this is the beginning when i first began serving in the West Virginia house of delegates, chip was one of the first programs that i became a strong champion for. And thats because i understand how critical it is that it was then for families in West Virginia and what it is now. When i was in the legislature in the 1990s, i served on the committee charged with creating and imple