Implemented properly. Agriculture, nutrition and Forestry Committee members talked to farmers, Rural Utility Service officials and Healthcare Industry leaders about issues impacting Rural Communities. Including access to Rural Broadband, Water Infrastructure and Health Care Services and agricultural production. Good morning. I call this hearing of the Senate Committee on agriculture and nutrition and forestry to order. Todays hearing advances this committees continued oversight of the department of agricultures implementation of the 2018 farm bill. A principle duty of this committee is to ensure that the department had the authority and resources to provide the agriculture producers with the necessary tools to feed a troubled and hungry world as well as this country. But the responsibility of the committee and the usda does not stop there and it is critical as Partnership Supports businesses and the electric cooperatives and telecom providers, schools and clinics and the product manufa
Captioning performed by vitac families in Rural Communities are also concerned about access to health care. Especially with the Mental Health and Opioid Crisis taking a devastating toll on small towns. We address this head on through expanded telemedicine to provide critical treatment for those who suffer from addiction and mental illness. To ensure that every family has safe Drinking Water, we prioritized rural Water Infrastructure investments for small towns. Rural communities need strong locally owned businesses and good highpaying jobs. Rural Small Business investments are critical to creating jobs, promoting entrepreneurship and revitalizing main street. In michigan where we make things and grow things, agriculture and manufacturing are both at the heart of the economy. Thats why we created opportunities to support bio based manufacturing. Companies are creating new products from americangrown crops. We also provided permanent funding for value added agriculture grants to help far
I call the committee back to order. Thanks to the first panel and we appreciate your testimony. We welcome the second panel that is with us. Fir, we have mr. Ms. Botts, she is a executive director for the kentucky she was named in 2013, has over 15 years of experience working in agriculture and World Development policy issues and helping individuals in rural areas understand issues related to policy and financing. You could be of help to individual senators i would imagine. Before returning to kentucky to work for kcard, she spent ten areas working on agriculture ask a policy staffer in the house of on representatives, grew up on a farm in kentucky and received a ms and bs in rural economics in kentucky and lives on a small farm right now, with her husband and two children, welcome to you, maam. We look forward to your testimony. Second witness is mr. Elmer general manager, Water Association and kansas america. He is the general manager of the kansas rural Water Association. His career
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