Remarks as prepared for delivery: The purpose of today’s hearing is to examine high and rising foreign subsidies, tariffs, and other barriers to trade and their impacts on America’s farmers and ranchers and the future of free trade. As you will recall, on June 3rd, this Committee held a hearing where witnesses catalogued the actions major foreign competitors around the world are taking to support ... Read more »
Remarks as prepared: Good morning, and welcome to today’s hearing of the Conservation and Forestry subcommittee to review the 2015 fire season and long term trends. This year, Western States, including Alaska, have experienced yet another catastrophic fire season with over 9 million acres burned to date. This continues an alarming trend where the average number of acres burned each year has nearly... Read more »
Remarks as prepared for delivery: I want to welcome our distinguished witnesses to today’s hearing and thank them for taking the time to be with us. We are joined by both the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to discuss the development of an important document: The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). It is not this Committee’s intention to legislate s... Read more »
Remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you for being here this morning as the Committee continues its review of U.S. international food aid programs. The purpose of today’s hearing is to obtain the perspective of those producing and processing the food used in our food aid programs as well as those tasked with distributing that aid to those in need around the world. Today’s hearing is the third i... Read more »
Remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you for joining us today and welcome to today’s business meeting to consider H.R. 1317, a bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions, and for other purposes. During consideration of the Dodd-Frank Act, Congress clearly intended to exempt commercial ... Read more »
Remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you for joining us today and welcome to today’s business meeting to consider H.R. 1317, a bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions, and for other purposes. During consideration of the Dodd-Frank Act, Congress clearly intended to exempt commercial ... Read more »
Remarks as prepared: Good morning. I would like to welcome everyone here today to the third in a series of hearings highlighting agricultural research, extension and education programs. On April 14th, this subcommittee had the honor of hosting Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Hardin along with 17 bright and gifted young people involved in the 4H program. These young men and woman spoke to us about ... Read more »
Remarks as prepared for delivery: This hearing will come to order. Since this Committee formally organized on January 21 of this year, the Committee has met 44 times. In keeping with my commitment to hold a top-to-bottom review of a full range of issues and policies within our jurisdiction, we have held 3 executive briefings on trade and conducted 33 hearings. And, stemming from what we have learn... Read more »
Remarks as prepared for delivery: Good morning. I appreciate the attendance of our colleagues and witnesses as the subcommittee begins its formal review of the recent outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza. As we will hear from our witnesses, this was without a doubt one of the worst, if not the worst animal disease outbreaks our country has ever faced. More than 220 farms were infected in ... Read more »
Remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you all for joining us today and welcome to today’s full committee hearing Dodd-Frank Turns Five: Assessing the Progress of Global Derivatives Reforms. The 2008 financial crisis prompted global leaders to reevaluate the regulatory regime for derivatives. In Pittsburg and again in Cannes, global leaders set out five categories of reforms – clearing, margining... Read more »
