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the usda overseeing the program. requiring the asset test and states help address fraud and snap. >> i think what would be best to do at this point senator get back to regular order in terms of the process for people qualifying and staying on snap. during the pandemic there was essentially a waiver of thatterviews and touching base with folks. getting back to regular order i think would be significant. sending letters to governors in a number of them to get back on track. >> what additional information does to help address the root cause of fraud? anything else that we need to make it easier to catch them? >> i think that we have made some significant steps in that regard. i think probably what i need to do is i need to gr team a full briefing of the steps are taken given your interest in this spirit i think sometimes pple rate in it is overpaying. we want to make sure that we are calculating the benefits properly. getting the assistance that they need. you. i will get my staff to get in touch with you so we can work
the usda overseeing the program. requiring the asset test and states help address fraud and snap. >> i think what would be best to do at this point senator get back to regular order in terms of the process for people qualifying and staying on snap. during the pandemic there was essentially a waiver of thatterviews and touching base with folks. getting back to regular order i think would be significant. sending letters to governors in a number of them to get back on track. >> what...
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february 15 during an agriculture reporting usda keep accountants, usda prices for most crop this year and he remained elevated. a week earlier ta forecast 27.1% and 43.1 in inflation over the last year. when you consider since 202280 billing dollars this will be the largest farm income of all kind. we welcome you back to the community and as we continue to work to reauthorize the bill you're interested in your perspective and the challenges in the economy. in hundreds of farmers and their very concerned. most importantly of all, the declining commodity prices and comes that would make the next five years the most challenging and their lives. all sectors of agriculture of all areas of the country lower incomes some pointing to a 20 here average in the former colonies health and we should talk about a 20 year average because current interest expenses are nearly double. the 20 year average, farm income above the 20 year average not accompanied reinforcing these margins under which farmers operate. for some 20 year average income is for some but not for other workers. when talking to prod
february 15 during an agriculture reporting usda keep accountants, usda prices for most crop this year and he remained elevated. a week earlier ta forecast 27.1% and 43.1 in inflation over the last year. when you consider since 202280 billing dollars this will be the largest farm income of all kind. we welcome you back to the community and as we continue to work to reauthorize the bill you're interested in your perspective and the challenges in the economy. in hundreds of farmers and their very...
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so we need to encourage usda to aggressively work on, i belve s. we need to encourage usda to aggressively work on new trade re new markets for our agriculture commodities to manage future risk. we must strengthen our invest be research and quite frankly, their trade programs, foreign market development and our we need to encourage, i believe, trade language for usdr to be t with that would prevent -- do our best to prevent retaliatory agreements, retaliatory tariffs on american agriculture commodities because any time there's a trade war, so to speas american agriculture. i remember first coming here unit the obama administration -- and there were chinese manufactured tires creating some type of accident risk, i don't remember what it was specifically so we imposed a tariff on these tires, or the obama administration did and in response, china put a tariff on ,z■i think it's immoral thay country, including the united states, would do retaliatory tariffs on such an essential thing as food. we ought to look at language that somehow we can at least
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so we need to encourage usda to aggressively work on on this space. we need to encourage usda to aggressively work on new trade agreements and new markets for our agriculture commodities to manage future risk. we must strengthen our invest ment in both agriculture research and quite frankly their trade programs, foreign market development and our market we need to encourage, i believe trade language for usdr to be able to be equipped with that would prevent -- do our best to prevent retaliatory in trade agreements retaliatory tariffs on american agriculture commodities because any time there's a trade war the low hanging fruit, so to speak, is american agriculture. i remember first coming here unit the obama administration -- under the obama administration and there were chinese manufactured tires creating some type of accident risk, i don't remember what it was specifically swe imposed a tariff on these tires, or the obama administration did and in response, china put a tariff on our chickens, ducks, and turkeys. i think it's immoral that any country
so we need to encourage usda to aggressively work on on this space. we need to encourage usda to aggressively work on new trade agreements and new markets for our agriculture commodities to manage future risk. we must strengthen our invest ment in both agriculture research and quite frankly their trade programs, foreign market development and our market we need to encourage, i believe trade language for usdr to be able to be equipped with that would prevent -- do our best to prevent retaliatory...
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there i'm not sure usda has the resources today, maybe they do to accomplish that. to your point, we've lost 150 acres of farmland in the united states since the early 1980's. 150 million. today we're losing at the rate of almost 1800 acres an hour. it's accelerated during the stimulus bills that came out. but i also look at this. i look at the -- how much land the federal government has control of as well. so we need to make sure that the american farmers still have access to the land that we need to have to produce the food, fiber and energy, not only for the united states, but for the world. mrs. miller: absolutely. i want to say that i'm here to represent food production and to defend our ability to feed ourselves. do you think this poses a similar threat to our energy sector as china's actions in africa also allows them to monopolize critical mineral production? mr. tom: i've seen it all across africa. a year ago i was in the sure dan and we saw -- i was in the sudan, and we saw the wagner group, we saw china. i've traveled extensively throughout africa and tha
there i'm not sure usda has the resources today, maybe they do to accomplish that. to your point, we've lost 150 acres of farmland in the united states since the early 1980's. 150 million. today we're losing at the rate of almost 1800 acres an hour. it's accelerated during the stimulus bills that came out. but i also look at this. i look at the -- how much land the federal government has control of as well. so we need to make sure that the american farmers still have access to the land that we...
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agriculture the usda found value of u.s. exports to china increased decreased 76% from 2017 to 2018. it also estimated the trade war cost u.s. agriculture over $27 billion. soybeans accounted for 71% of these annualized losses. this has had major consequences for soybean growers. as a result of the trade war brazil ramped up production tobd production. brazil overtook the united states as largest producer of soybeans. the trade war also damaged reputation as reliable provider of soybeans and markets. section 301 tariffs and retaliatory trade actions have jeopardized our place in the markets and damaged in-country relationships developed over decades. at times our customers looked elsewhere for their needs the n are 8 and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate will resume legislative session. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: majority leade
agriculture the usda found value of u.s. exports to china increased decreased 76% from 2017 to 2018. it also estimated the trade war cost u.s. agriculture over $27 billion. soybeans accounted for 71% of these annualized losses. this has had major consequences for soybean growers. as a result of the trade war brazil ramped up production tobd production. brazil overtook the united states as largest producer of soybeans. the trade war also damaged reputation as reliable provider of soybeans and...
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usda admits this may not even account for all tl? ld because e track of foreign interests involved in these large transactions. in fact, there's very little reporting that happens at the state or federal level and little consequences for allowing countries who hate us from owning our land. just members of the communist party contact our state government and want to come and visit two of our processing facilitiesnd see our farms and visit south dakota. we declined all of those meetings. but just within days we received a phone call from the state department telling us that those were chinese spies. they were there to steal our intellectual property and steal our genetics and wanted to debrief us if we thank god we did not. we were told they were there to help improve our trade relations, that they were there to improve our business and exports and instead they were there to steal from the united states of america. so the threat is very real to us every single day what china is inand they have a thousands year plan to become the world
usda admits this may not even account for all tl? ld because e track of foreign interests involved in these large transactions. in fact, there's very little reporting that happens at the state or federal level and little consequences for allowing countries who hate us from owning our land. just members of the communist party contact our state government and want to come and visit two of our processing facilitiesnd see our farms and visit south dakota. we declined all of those meetings. but just...
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this hearing, i am also pleased that the recently enacted agriculture appropriations bill will help usda update its outdated system of tracking foreign agriculture landownership in the united states of america. ■p if year going to have a seriousa is our largest trade partner, accounting for $37. billion in u.s. agriculture exports just last fiscal year alone. american farmers are the most efficient and of this, we produr more than we americans can consume. my colleagues will often note we are in an agricultural tradev] now. and i'm here to tell you that alienating our will only deepen that deficit. american farmers need large markets to export their products p. and when those markets are lo, our farmers. and then the american people. we saw the this when the trump administration started a trade war with china creating■ chaos■$ and underminig markets for our american farmers and such a trade war÷ú$( shut american farmers out of china. guess what? brazilian farmers have filled that gap, increasing their exports to china as our market share decreased. now trump is calling for a 60%
this hearing, i am also pleased that the recently enacted agriculture appropriations bill will help usda update its outdated system of tracking foreign agriculture landownership in the united states of america. ■p if year going to have a seriousa is our largest trade partner, accounting for $37. billion in u.s. agriculture exports just last fiscal year alone. american farmers are the most efficient and of this, we produr more than we americans can consume. my colleagues will often note we are...
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usda admth may not even account for all the land they own because there's very little track of foreign interests involved in these large transactions. in fact, there's very little reporting that happens at the state or federal level and little consequences for allowing countries who hate us from owning our land. just this past summer, we had members of the communist party contact our state government and want to come and visit two of our processing facilities and see our farms and visit south dakota. we declined all of those meetings. but just within days we received a phone call from the state department telling us that those were chinese spies. they were there to steal our intellectual property and steal our genetics and wanted to debrief us met with them. thank god we did not. we were told they were there to help improve our trade relations, that they were there to improve our business and exports and instead they were there to steal from the united states of america. so the threat is very real to us every single day what china is doing and they have a thousands year plan to become
usda admth may not even account for all the land they own because there's very little track of foreign interests involved in these large transactions. in fact, there's very little reporting that happens at the state or federal level and little consequences for allowing countries who hate us from owning our land. just this past summer, we had members of the communist party contact our state government and want to come and visit two of our processing facilities and see our farms and visit south...
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after two senate democrats voted against him and later, lawmakers will be working on birt to repeal a usda rule allowing u.s. to import beef from the guest chaplain, reverend adolphus lacey, senior pastor of the bethany baptist church, brooklyn, new york, will open the senate in prayer.
after two senate democrats voted against him and later, lawmakers will be working on birt to repeal a usda rule allowing u.s. to import beef from the guest chaplain, reverend adolphus lacey, senior pastor of the bethany baptist church, brooklyn, new york, will open the senate in prayer.
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during the life of the farm bill usda is estimating that profitability will decline by $42 billion. this is just unsustainable. farm can't manage these circumstances. these challenges don't just impact farmers, but ultimately they trying to feed their families. for kansas agriculture is our state's largest economic driver with a total output contribution of $81 billistate's economy and supporting more than 250,000 jobs which is about 13% of our entire workforce. beyond crops and animal husbandry, kansas agriculture is at the forefront of producing renewable energy critical research and education and furthering sustainability and conservation practice throughout kansas and worldwide. kansas is also a leader in animal health science. as part of the animal health kor do kansas has thencentration of kansas health interest in the world. last year manhattan kansas welcomed the the state-of-the-art facility that will protect our nation's farmers severe zoonotic diseases. kansas continues to experience weather challenges. in kansas there is a wide array of those challenges but most oppressi
during the life of the farm bill usda is estimating that profitability will decline by $42 billion. this is just unsustainable. farm can't manage these circumstances. these challenges don't just impact farmers, but ultimately they trying to feed their families. for kansas agriculture is our state's largest economic driver with a total output contribution of $81 billistate's economy and supporting more than 250,000 jobs which is about 13% of our entire workforce. beyond crops and animal...
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for a long time, asian currencies have been driven by the usda and when we saw the sinking of the yuan on friday, we saw ripple effects in the asian currencies as well. how are you reading the movements? >> do you want has managed carefully for some time by the pboc and ultimately, they sent a message to both japan and the u.s. on friday to signal that they are getting uncomfortable with the pace of the weakening of the yen and the loss of competitiveness for chinese exports. if you start to see the yuan weaken precipitously, that would effectively signal to the global economy, the regional economy, the exporting of deflation and that is why you start to see a ripple effect on friday. fast-forward to today and things have calmed down and do not will out the possibility that there is a high degree of communication between u.s. treasury, the japanese finance industry and the pboc. haslinda: there is a story of usd exceptionalism and some say it is overvalued by 3% to 4%. by the same token, the yuan should be weaker than it is. what is the right reflection of the economy in china? steven:
for a long time, asian currencies have been driven by the usda and when we saw the sinking of the yuan on friday, we saw ripple effects in the asian currencies as well. how are you reading the movements? >> do you want has managed carefully for some time by the pboc and ultimately, they sent a message to both japan and the u.s. on friday to signal that they are getting uncomfortable with the pace of the weakening of the yen and the loss of competitiveness for chinese exports. if you start...
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the usda actually allows snap purchases of groceries at all of those grocers. so i think that's a pretty good indicator as to just how broad the grocery industry is today. supermarkets only comprise 36% share in groceries today. five of the top 15 grocers. the other 10 of the top 15 are these national discount grocers like walmart, target and whole foods. they have 64% share and they are rising fast. katie: i want to bring us the headline as we follow that tiktok vote, the u.s. house passes the bill that would force tiktok's sale or face a band. the divestiture from their parent company, we will continue to follow that one. we will see what happens there. i do want to talk about the have to walmart and the likes of amazon when it comes to grocery. i want to talk about some of the pushback to this deal. you also had the united food and commercial workers international union saying last may that they oppose this merger, that it poses a serious threat to members livelihoods. how do you think about those responses, what would this potential merger mean for salaries
the usda actually allows snap purchases of groceries at all of those grocers. so i think that's a pretty good indicator as to just how broad the grocery industry is today. supermarkets only comprise 36% share in groceries today. five of the top 15 grocers. the other 10 of the top 15 are these national discount grocers like walmart, target and whole foods. they have 64% share and they are rising fast. katie: i want to bring us the headline as we follow that tiktok vote, the u.s. house passes the...
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authority title 350 authority in usda -- 50 authority. can you think of some other agencies we might need to consider that same perspective? >> let me give some thought to that and would love to circle back with you on in this, because i think this is one of the maybe less talked about but maybe most important dimensions of the china communist party threat that, i think does deserve attention and does requ you're talking about activity that is the itself for the most part lawful but still presents vulnerabilities that the chinese government can ec loin. and we -- exploit if. and we need to figure out a better way to tighten that up. >> while i've got you director or wray, i have to say that we've had some terroristty over the last few months -- difficulty trying to really tap into the expertise that your agency brings. your organization comets to hold the role of lead for counterintelligence within the i.c.. you have a lot of very experienced counterintelligence agencies within your workor and they bring a valuing bl perspective to the ta
authority title 350 authority in usda -- 50 authority. can you think of some other agencies we might need to consider that same perspective? >> let me give some thought to that and would love to circle back with you on in this, because i think this is one of the maybe less talked about but maybe most important dimensions of the china communist party threat that, i think does deserve attention and does requ you're talking about activity that is the itself for the most part lawful but still...
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the latest figures from the usda says chinese owns 400,000 acres of american farmland we know of. that is less than a tenth of a percent of all farmland in the u.s. lawmakers believe china likely owns a lot more than that that is why they are pushing for federal regulation to both track and limit these kinds of sales. bret? >> bret: garrett tenney in indiana,gate, thanks. so how would you like to have the benefits of exercises without the effort? sounds too good to be true. scientists are actually working on a pill that might let you do that, apparently. correspondent griff jenkins has details tonight. >> i need to sweat every morning or my day is not to have a good start. >> i will take the pill. [laughter] >> researchers at the washington university school of medicine in st. louis say an exercise pill may soon offer the same benefits as a workout using drug compounds that mimic muscle building and physical endurance. >> boost natural metabolic pathways that typical respond to exercise. make the body act like it's straining while it's not straining. >> the professor says his team
the latest figures from the usda says chinese owns 400,000 acres of american farmland we know of. that is less than a tenth of a percent of all farmland in the u.s. lawmakers believe china likely owns a lot more than that that is why they are pushing for federal regulation to both track and limit these kinds of sales. bret? >> bret: garrett tenney in indiana,gate, thanks. so how would you like to have the benefits of exercises without the effort? sounds too good to be true. scientists are...
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perspective, how well is the government sharing threats intelligence with the industry and do you believe the usda can play an elevated role in helping the ag industry prepare for future threats? [indiscernible] mr. daly: apologize. thank you,éuongrsm it's an excellent question. i want to commend you on the legislation you proposed. it's critical. understanding the cybersecurityr agricultural community, our ability to produce is entirely e intelligence sharing that i saw happened a lot with defense contractors and also within the banking community. so they were industries that sort of had the benefit of that intelligence sharing. but if you look in terms of that intelligence sharing, that cyberawareness in terms of thing consultal community and with the department of agriculture, it's been lacking. and extremely necessary to get it on the right track. i know the department of ag just stood up an information sharing division andhe improve that intelligence. but given china's capabilities and f.b.i. director ray relayed this in s of their ability to shut off our critical infrastructure, water, powe
perspective, how well is the government sharing threats intelligence with the industry and do you believe the usda can play an elevated role in helping the ag industry prepare for future threats? [indiscernible] mr. daly: apologize. thank you,éuongrsm it's an excellent question. i want to commend you on the legislation you proposed. it's critical. understanding the cybersecurityr agricultural community, our ability to produce is entirely e intelligence sharing that i saw happened a lot with...
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i also know the usda is offering some loans to other ranchers. between that and other disaster assistance that might become available, is that going to be enough for these businesses and ranchers to be on the road to recovery? sid: well, yes, but the road is going to be long and hard and it will take at least two years for the grass to come back in these places. out of my estimate, we have probably 3000 to 4000 miles of fence to replace and $1500 a mile. we desperately need hay and fencing materials in the panhandle area. grain in seed fees were completely wiped out. it was just farmers and ranchers. we lost one railroad. so the railroad is down for a while. i think they got it repaired so at least they can keep the trains running. but a lot of things you don't think about when you have a fire of this magnitude. stephanie: you are a yourself. -- you are yourself a cattleman yourself, i understand. cattle ranching is in your blood. what do you imagine those affected ranchers and other business owners are facing right now emotionally and mentally?
i also know the usda is offering some loans to other ranchers. between that and other disaster assistance that might become available, is that going to be enough for these businesses and ranchers to be on the road to recovery? sid: well, yes, but the road is going to be long and hard and it will take at least two years for the grass to come back in these places. out of my estimate, we have probably 3000 to 4000 miles of fence to replace and $1500 a mile. we desperately need hay and fencing...
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perspective, how well is the government sharing threats intelligence with the industry and do you believe the usda can play an elevated role in helping the ag industry prepare for future threats? [indiscernible] mr. daly: apologize. thank you congressman, for that question. it's an excellent question. i want to commend you on the legislation you proposed. it's critical. understanding the cybersecurity threats that are part of our agricultural community, our ability to produce is entirely needed. in my time in government, the intelligence sharing that i saw happened a lot with defense contractors and also within the banking community. so they were industries that sort of had the benefit of that intelligence sharing. but if you look in terms of that intelligence sharing, that cyberawareness in terms of thing consultal community and with the department of agriculture, it's been lacking. and your bill is extremely necessary to get it on the right track. i know the department of ag just stood up an information sharing division and they're taking measures to improve that intelligence. but given china's
perspective, how well is the government sharing threats intelligence with the industry and do you believe the usda can play an elevated role in helping the ag industry prepare for future threats? [indiscernible] mr. daly: apologize. thank you congressman, for that question. it's an excellent question. i want to commend you on the legislation you proposed. it's critical. understanding the cybersecurity threats that are part of our agricultural community, our ability to produce is entirely...
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usda admits that this may nos ml even account for all of the land that they own. the chinese communist party is not typ our. they're not our partner and they're not our ally. they're ou re notr enemy. and they're a rapidly expanding national security threat that can't be ignore d. so let me be clear. they are buying up our entire food suppl clear ty chain. and when america can't feed itself and we rely on other memberin and ws of another couny to feed us, it becomes a national security issue, a huge national security issue. >> look at these recenter reports. chinese investors and chinese nationalthreports now own 384,0s of land in the u.s. thousands, s thousands of acres of farmland, thousands of acres of ranc h and land near military installations. one chinese company bought 370 acres in grant forks, north dakota, for a corn mill just 12 miles from an air force base that houses some of our top and surveillance and reconnaissance of capabilities. that is a major national security threa t. urself here's a question. ask yourself, do you think china would allo du thw
usda admits that this may nos ml even account for all of the land that they own. the chinese communist party is not typ our. they're not our partner and they're not our ally. they're ou re notr enemy. and they're a rapidly expanding national security threat that can't be ignore d. so let me be clear. they are buying up our entire food suppl clear ty chain. and when america can't feed itself and we rely on other memberin and ws of another couny to feed us, it becomes a national security issue, a...
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in the last ia we were able to get basically to bring usda into the i.c. through title 50 authorities so that today become a member of the i.c. and with all the subject matter expertise that that imply plies and how important that is in the safeguarding with of our food supply. i have some concerns about other industries, for example. i read an article earlier this week about chinese manufacturers of cranes at our ports. unfortunately, they're the only manufacturers of cranes. we don't build those types of things unfortunately in this country. but the chinese have soughtú. to seed our supply chain with all a manner of surveillance devices and so on. the cranes were found to have been seeded with some devices. we've seen this with the manufacture of commuter rail, we've seen it with other supply chain components that they've seeded into our supplies. do you have some concerns about that? and if so, what are you doing to reach out to the industry to make sure that a we're safeguarding existence those kinds of things from happening? >> thank you. you've put
in the last ia we were able to get basically to bring usda into the i.c. through title 50 authorities so that today become a member of the i.c. and with all the subject matter expertise that that imply plies and how important that is in the safeguarding with of our food supply. i have some concerns about other industries, for example. i read an article earlier this week about chinese manufacturers of cranes at our ports. unfortunately, they're the only manufacturers of cranes. we don't build...
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we put the authority and title 50 authority in usda, can you think of other agencies that we might need to consider the same perspective. >> let me give some thought i would like to circle back, this is one of the last talked about but yb dimensions of the chinese communist party threat that deserves attention and does require engagement because you're talking about activity that is itself lawful but still present vulnerabilities that the chinese government can explain ut a better way to tighten it up. >> while i got you director wray i have to say we have had difficulty over the last few months trying to tap into the expertise that your agency brings in your organization continues to hold counterintelligence within the i csee you have a lot of very experienced counterintelligence agencies within your workforce and neighboring a valuable perspective to the table and even so this committee has really struggled to be able to get access to those individuals and we ask the fbi to participate in hearings, my question why are we only allowed to hear from your intelligence analyst to prove tal
we put the authority and title 50 authority in usda, can you think of other agencies that we might need to consider the same perspective. >> let me give some thought i would like to circle back, this is one of the last talked about but yb dimensions of the chinese communist party threat that deserves attention and does require engagement because you're talking about activity that is itself lawful but still present vulnerabilities that the chinese government can explain ut a better way to...
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critical through ordinary business transactions. >> we've put this authority, title 50 authority in usda, in some other agencies t might need to consider that same perspective? >> let me give some thought to that and love to circle back with you on this, because i think that this is one of the, maybe less talked about, but maybe most important dimensions of the chinese communist partyn require engagement because you're talking about activity that's itself for the most part lawful, but still presents vulnerabilities that the chinese government can exploit and that we need to figure out a better way to tighten that up and engage with you on it. >>hile i've got you director wray. that we've had difficulty the last few months trying to tap into the expertise that your agency brings. your organization continues to hold the role of lead for counter intelligence in the ic. you have a lot in the work force even though this committee struggles to get access to the individuals. why is it with the talking points? >> i'm not aware of the restriction. >> that's the latest engagement with the fbi, why
critical through ordinary business transactions. >> we've put this authority, title 50 authority in usda, in some other agencies t might need to consider that same perspective? >> let me give some thought to that and love to circle back with you on this, because i think that this is one of the, maybe less talked about, but maybe most important dimensions of the chinese communist partyn require engagement because you're talking about activity that's itself for the most part lawful,...
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we are working with -- through the process when that applies and working with the usda to work towards mandatory reporting regime that might apply so i think there is room for plugging gaps that may exist.0e >> thank you. i would like to also ask with regard to ai in particular, bottom line is it is not going away. it is something that we are going to have to deal with right now. it appears as though we leaved i capabilities. most certainly, our adversaries recognize that and they will do whatever they can as a shortcut to our capabilities. air, land, space, and cyberspace. with regard to the advances with ai right now, i'm concerned as much about china and russia and develop weapons systems that we have never really thought about as being in the forefront of a major and direct threat to the united states and going to talk we know that china and russia have significant capabilities with regard to ai and using ai, you can make rapid advances, as you noted. on 30 through 33 in your i'm concerned about the fact that it may be used as a weapi's to but i will start with director ray and if
we are working with -- through the process when that applies and working with the usda to work towards mandatory reporting regime that might apply so i think there is room for plugging gaps that may exist.0e >> thank you. i would like to also ask with regard to ai in particular, bottom line is it is not going away. it is something that we are going to have to deal with right now. it appears as though we leaved i capabilities. most certainly, our adversaries recognize that and they will do...
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when that applies working with the usda to work towards some sort of mandatory reporting regime that may apply. i think that there is room for plugging gaps that may exist. >> thank you. with regard to ai in particular, bottom line is it is not going away. it is something we will have to. right now it appears we need the world in regards to ai capabilities. our adversaries recognize that. doing whatever they can as a shortcut to our capabilities. s. in regards to the advances with ai right now■], i am concerned right now as much about china and russia in their capability to use to develop weapon systems that we have nevereally thought about as being in the forefront of a major and direct threat to the united states. i want to talk about biologics in particular. we know that china and russia have significant capabilities with regards to ai you can make rapid expanses as you have noted. with ai you cancs. i am concerned about the fact it may very well be used as a weapon system. i am not sure who to direct this to. i will start with director ray and if you'd like to pass this on, tha
when that applies working with the usda to work towards some sort of mandatory reporting regime that may apply. i think that there is room for plugging gaps that may exist. >> thank you. with regard to ai in particular, bottom line is it is not going away. it is something we will have to. right now it appears we need the world in regards to ai capabilities. our adversaries recognize that. doing whatever they can as a shortcut to our capabilities. s. in regards to the advances with ai...
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that includes support for the rental assistance program at usda that ensures americans living in rural areas have access to safe and affordable housing. we deliver vital investments for public safety that will help communities across new mexico to taos county to san juan county. we were able to fund fire engines and ambulance and build new emergency; response facilities. and finally, at a time of mounting international conflict and global food insecurity, we are reaffirming america's moral...