This hearing was called to order. Pleased to see a hearing on stem thats an auspicious way to the discussion on one of the hottest nights of the summer all the people that crowded onto the National Mall they were not there for protest or to celebrate a National Holiday were to watch a firework show instead now they went drenched in sweat to watch the story of the apollo 11 mission projected on the Washington Monument ra monument commemorating the moment 50 years ago when Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin took the giant leap for mankind. Was everyone in dc knows if there are people on the mall and its not a protest then Something Big is goingnd on. Landing the first humans on the moon and returning them safely to earth marks one of the ethical moments in the history of mankind. Looking over our landscape today its very different of 1969. And to succeed going back again but putting robotic rovers on celestial observatories that can liddy one literally peering into the beginning of the unive
Do you have a question . Back in open session call the next line item arrest whether to discolor all matters in closed session administrative code 67. 1 a action not to disclose all in favor, say i. I. That item passes unanimously were okay im sorry sergeant next line item adjournment. Motion to adjourn. All in favor, say i. I. Nancy pelosis passes unanimously district for tuesday, august 25, 2015, is now called to order. Ms. Casco madam clerk, please call the roll. Commissioner fewer matt haney ms. Norton mr. Walton ms. Wynns dr. Murase ms. Chin and mrs. Tan to the. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Thank you were on item a the meeting from friday august 14th may i have it motion and second and so moved and second. Thank you. Any corrections seeing none, ms. Casco madam clerk, please call the roll. Ms. Fewer ms. Norton mr. Walton thank you ms. Wynns and dr. Murase 5 is. Thank you very much as ive announced in past meeting members of the public are remind that if you wish to
Trump to serve as u. S. Ambassador to china. Asis expected to step down governor, once the u. N. Takes up his nomination. Is around 30 minutes. [applause] gov. Branstad madam Lieutenant Governor, mr. Speaker, madam speaker let me start over again here. Matter Lieutenant Governor, mr. President , madam speaker, legislative leaders and legislators, justices and judges, elected officials and distinguished guests, family, friends, and fellow iowans, i am humbled to once again addressed the joint session of the General Assembly delivering the commission of the state for the final time as your governor. Addressedrs, i have this body as governor. Today, i wanted to especially welcome the 22 new legislators that are with us from both sides of the aisle that were elected in november. Your constituents sent you to work hard, for them, and to help make iowa a better place. I hope you are filled with the same sense of excitement and eagerness i had when i first served in the legislator in 1973 leg
[ applause ] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Madam Lieutenant Governor, mr. Speaker, madam speaker let me start over again here. Madam Lieutenant Governor, mr. President , madam speaker, legacy of leaders, legislators, justices and judges, elected officials and distinguished guests, family, friends and fellow iowans, im honored to once again address a joint session of the General Assembly delivering the condition of the state for the final time as your governor. For 22 years, i have addressed this body as governor and today i want to especially welcome the 22 new legislators who are with us from both sides of the aisle, who were elected in november. Your constituents sent you to work hard, to work for them and to help make iowa a better place. I hope youre filled with the same sense of excitement and eagerness i had when i first served in the legislator in 1973. Lieutenant Governor Reynolds and i look forward to working with each of you and listening to your ideas on how to make our s
Of u. S. Worker is 39. The average age of the u. S. Farm operator is 55. There are not young people going into farming and we have to ask why. We need young people to enter into the farming industry. We need farming to be economically viable for young people and to supply restaurants like me the stuff that i need because what happens at my restaurant ultimately filters out to the rest of society. If you look at this chart, im not going to go into all the details of it, but you basically have a very small triangle which represents the family farm and on the other side the large part of the triangle which represents commodity agriculture. You need both. Obviously you cant be the entire world on small family farms, but to me, this chart represents something that is out of balance. We need to figure out a way to raise up family farms. We need to make farming attractive. We need to make it sexy. We need young people to understand this is something they can do as a viable job. We need food t