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00:00:01ELECTION DAY. WE'RE JUST TEN WEEKS FROM ELECTION AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
00:00:05CHANGING THE WAY MAIL IN BALLOTS
00:00:07ARE SENT OUT AND HOW THE POSTAL SERVICE DEALS WITH THOSE BALLOTS.
00:00:11YEAH, I MEAN, IT IT IT DEPENDING ON HOW CLOSE SOME OF THESE
00:00:15ELECTIONS ARE, THIS COULD BECOME A REAL ISSUE.
00:00:17I MEAN, IF IF THERE ARE
00:00:19ELECTIONS THAT HINGE ON ON THE
00:00:21MAIL IN BALLOTS, THAT THEN YOU
00:00:25COULD YOU'RE GOING TO LEAD THIS HERE AND TAKE YOU LIVE NOW TO THE WHITE HOUSE, WHERE AN
00:00:29ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL IS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS. YOU'RE WATCHING LIVE COVERAGE
00:00:33JUST A SECOND. TREE NUTS ARE GOING TO BE UP. WE'RE REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL. AND MORE DEALS ARE BEING
00:00:37NEGOTIATED TO IT AS WE GO. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LEVEL SET THAT, FIRST OF ALL,
00:00:41THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS REOPENED
00:00:42THE WORLD TO AMERICA AND GOODS.
00:00:45AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL GOODS, WHICH IS PART OF THE THE BIG
00:00:51REASON AND SOLUTION THAT WE NEED FOR OUR FARMERS AND RANCHERS WITH REGARDS TO CANADA, THE
00:00:55PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF
00:00:58THAT THE WAY THEY TREAT OUR DAIRY FARMERS IN AMERICA IS JUST
00:01:03NOT IT IS NOT GOING TO CONTINUE ANY LONGER THAT THE INTENT OF
00:01:07THE USMCA AND IN OTHER DEALS
00:01:09THAT WENT WENT WAS THAT OUR
00:01:11AMERICAN DAIRY FARMERS WOULD BE TREATED AS THEY DESERVE TO BE
00:01:16TREATED. AND IN FACT, WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE WAY THAT CANADA IS
00:01:19APPLYING IS SOMETIMES A 200,
00:01:22300% EXTRA TARIFF ON MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS GOING INTO
00:01:26CANADA. SO I KNOW I LISTEN, I DON'T WANT TO GO MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT
00:01:30BECAUSE I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE PRESIDENT OR OUR INCREDIBLE TRADE REP.
00:01:33JAMISON GROWERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. BUT FROM AN AGRICULTURE
00:01:36PERSPECTIVE AND SPECIFICALLY TO OUR DAIRY FARMERS, THE
00:01:41IMPORTANCE THAT THAT WE ARE BATTLING FOR YOU, BATTLING FOR
00:01:43THAT EXIT ACCESS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE OPENING UP THE
00:01:46MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD, WHICH WE ARE, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE TREATED FAIRLY BY
00:01:51COUNTRIES LIKE CANADA. THANK YOU BOTH FOR SHARING YOUR ISLANDS. YOU'VE CERTAINLY SEEN THE
00:01:55REACTIONS, THE SUSPENSION OF TARIFFS ON GROUND BEEF FROM REPUBLICANS WHO SAY THIS IS THE
00:01:58WRONG MOVE. RANCHERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT THEM.
00:02:02IS THE ADMINISTRATION RECONSIDERING THAT POLICY?
00:02:05WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS ON PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT FRIDAY
00:02:09MORNING ON A TEMPORARY 90 DAY
00:02:13IMPORTATION OF 300,000 METRIC TONS OF GROUND BEEF.
00:02:17I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S VERY CLEAR.
00:02:19THE WAY THAT WE CONSUME BEEF IN
00:02:21AMERICA, WE CONSUME ABOUT 13 MILLION METRIC TONS EVERY YEAR,
00:02:26ABOUT 11 MILLION METRIC TONS, GIVE OR TAKE. WE WE RAISE HERE, WE PRODUCE HERE.
00:02:29WE DO HAVE THE BEST BEEF IN THE WORLD.
00:02:31OUR GENETICS ARE INCREDIBLE IN THIS COUNTRY. 2 TO 3 MILLION METRIC TONS A YEAR.
00:02:36WE DO IMPORT ALMOST AND THAT'S YEAR OVER YEAR.
00:02:39THAT'S NOTHING UNUSUAL OF THAT 2 TO 3 MILLION METRIC TONS THAT WE
00:02:43IMPORT, THAT'S MOSTLY LEAN OR GROUND BEEF.
00:02:46SO THAT'S WHY WHEN THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED I THINK IT EVEN SAID
00:02:49IN TRUTH ON FRIDAY MORNING, IT'S SPECIFIC TO GROUND BEEF.
00:02:52HE IS WORKING TO FILL A GAP, A
00:02:53PRETTY BIG IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN
00:02:58FROM GROUND BEEF. OF COURSE, YOU'VE ALL HEARD WE HAVE THE LOWEST CATTLE HERD
00:03:01NUMBER ON RECORD. THAT REALLY CAME DOWN UNDER THE
00:03:05LAST ADMINISTRATION. THAT WASN'T A BIG YOU KNOW, CATTLE ADMINISTRATION.
00:03:09WE'VE NOW BEGUN TO CHANGE THAT. OUR NUMBERS TWO WEEKS AGO SHOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS
00:03:13WE HAVE HEIFER RETENTION GOING UP. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS LONG TERM,
00:03:16WE'RE STABILIZING. BUT FOR THE SHORT TERM, THE
00:03:18PRESIDENT FELT VERY CONVICTED
00:03:20THAT AS AMERICAN CONSUMERS ARE
00:03:23PAYING MORE FOR BEEF, NOT OUR FAULT.
00:03:25OUR ADMINISTRATION'S FAULT, BUT AS THEY ARE THAT SHORT,
00:03:29TEMPORARY FIX WAS IMPORTANT. ONE OTHER POINT, THOUGH, THAT I THINK WILL HELP TELL THE STORY A
00:03:33LITTLE BIT BETTER.
00:03:3414, 15 MONTHS AGO, WE CLOSED THE PORTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER
00:03:38AND STOPPED IMPORTATION OF MEXICAN LIVE CATTLE.
00:03:42THE REASON WE DID THAT, OF COURSE, IS BECAUSE OF THE NEW WORLD.
00:03:45SCREW WORM, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS ERADICATED IN THE FIFTIES, CAME
00:03:49BACK IN 2021, 2022, MADE ITS WAY UP TOWARD THE UNITED STATES AND
00:03:53TOWARDS OUR BORDER STATES, CATTLE STATES. AND SO WE CLOSED THOSE PORTS 14
00:03:57MONTHS AGO, JUST OPENED YESTERDAY, THE FIRST PORT AND DOUGLAS, ARIZONA.
00:04:01SO WE'RE NOW STARTING THE MOVEMENT OF LIVE CATTLE AGAIN.
00:04:04BUT IN THAT 14 OR 15 MONTHS, THAT WAS THAT EQUALS ABOUT A
00:04:08POINT FOUR HEAD OF CATTLE THAT WOULD HAVE COME INTO OUR COUNTRY
00:04:11THAT DID NOT. AND THOSE ARE ALL LEAN CATTLE. THAT'S ALL GROUND BEEF CATTLE,
00:04:15BASICALLY. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 300,000
00:04:18METRIC TONS, THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED, THAT EQUALS BETWEEN
00:04:23500,000 AND 700,000 HEAD OF CATTLE. SO THAT STILL DOESN'T EVEN GET
00:04:26US BACK TO WHERE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF WE HADN'T HAD TO CLOSE
00:04:30THE PORT FOR THE SCREW. BUT I THINK THE FINAL THING TO
00:04:33SAY IS THIS THAT I DON'T BELIEVE
00:04:37THERE EVER BEEN A PRESIDENT MORE FOCUSED ON AGRICULTURE OR RURAL
00:04:41AMERICA OR OUR RANCHERS AND OUR
00:04:43FARMERS THAN THIS PRESIDENT THAT
00:04:46THE LONG TERM FIGHT TO OPEN UP
00:04:48MORE GRAZING LAND TO TO ENSURE
00:04:52THAT OUR RANCHERS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO THEIR HARD TO MAKE SURE
00:04:56THAT WE'VE GOT A STABLE MARKET. YESTERDAY WE ANNOUNCED HARVEST TWO HALLWAYS.
00:05:00BOBBY KENNEDY AND I DID WHICH IS A COMPLETE. IS THAT YOUR QUESTION?
00:05:03I'LL GO TO YOU NEXT, WHICH IS A COMPLETE RECALIBRATE MISSION OF
00:05:06OUR SCHOOL LUNCHES, PUTTING REAL FOOD BACK AT THE CENTER OF
00:05:08SCHOOL LUNCHES, PROTEIN, THE NEW DIETARY GUIDELINES IS OBVIOUSLY
00:05:12AT THE VERY TOP OF THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
00:05:14AND SO THAT MEANS FOR OUR CATTLE RANCHERS, FOR OUR AGRICULTURE
00:05:18PRODUCERS IN AMERICA YESTERDAY, ANNOUNCEMENT OF PROCURING MORE
00:05:22LOCALLY PRODUCED, NUTRIENT DENSE FOOD INSTEAD OF OPENING UP
00:05:25SCHOOL LUNCHES OUT OF A PLASTIC BAG AND STICKING THEM INTO A
00:05:28MICROWAVE IS WHAT A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE DOING NOW. WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THAT.
00:05:32IT MAY COST A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY, BUT.
00:05:47WE ARE IN THIS FOR THE LONG RUN. WE ARE IN THIS TO SUPPORT OUR RANCHERS AND OUR FARMERS, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO REBUILD
00:05:51THE HERD, TO BRING THE COST OF INPUTS DOWN, TO OPEN UP THE WORLD MARKETS WHILE OPENING UP THE DOMESTIC MARKETS AS WELL. GO AHEAD, SIR. YES, GO AHEAD AND THEN WE'LL
00:05:55FINISH WITH YOU. YEAH. I'VE BEEN IN TALKING ABOUT THIS
00:05:58ASIDE FROM MEXICO. I AM NOT PRIVY TO TALK ABOUT
00:06:02THAT. I THINK THE CONVERSATIONS ARE STILL GOING ON AND THAT'S
00:06:06AMBASSADOR GREER, WHO'S FINALIZING WHAT EXACTLY THAT LOOKS LIKE.
00:06:09AND I THINK THE PRESIDENT'S INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU.
00:06:12YES THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THAT.
00:06:23MEXICO. YOU KNOW, HE AND I HAVE TALKED A
00:06:25LOT ABOUT THIS FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
00:06:28I HAVE NOT TALKED TO HIM
00:06:30SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ANNOUNCEMENT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
00:06:33BUT I DO KNOW HE'S WORKING VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH JAMISON GREER ON IT. YES.
00:06:37AND THEN WE'LL FINISH WITH YOU. YES.
00:06:38GO IN.
00:06:43YOUR FOR.
00:06:52ECONOMIC. IN THIS SITUATION. WELL YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I DON'T
00:06:56WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THE PRESIDENT. HE IS, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE
00:06:58ULTIMATE NEGOTIATOR. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE DOUBT HIS DECISIONS.
00:07:02AND THEN I'VE SEEN THEM ALWAYS WORK OUT IN THE TRADE REALM,
00:07:06ESPECIALLY. AND AND I'M JUST I'M REALLY
00:07:09PROUD THAT HE'S WILLING TO STAND UP AND AND MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS.
00:07:13NO DOUBT THAT IT CAUSES CONCERN
00:07:16AMONGST OUR FARMERS AND, RANCHERS, AS IT IS A LOT OF
00:07:20UNKNOWN OUT THERE. BUT AS THE GROUP OF MEN AND
00:07:22WOMEN AND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
00:07:25BEEN HIS MOST AVID SUPPORTERS FROM THE MOMENT HE CAME DOWN THE
00:07:29ESCALATOR IN 2015, HE HAS THE
00:07:32OUR AG PRODUCERS AT THE VERY TOP OF THE LIST.
00:07:34AND WE'VE SEEN THIS WITH ALL OF THE TRADE DEALS. EVERY ONE OF THOSE 20 NEW TRADE
00:07:39DEALS, WHETHER IT'S SOYBEANS OR COTTON OR BEEF OR DAIRY.
00:07:42AG IS ALWAYS AT THE TOP. AND AND THAT'S BECAUSE HE HAS
00:07:46MADE IT SO. AND AND I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT ONCE THEY FINISH THIS NEXT ROUND
00:07:50OF NEGOTIATIONS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, THAT AMERICA
00:07:53WILL CERTAINLY BE THE BETTER FOR IT. AND THAT AND THAT OUR FARMERS AND RANCHERS WILL BENEFIT THE
00:07:58MOST. SO THANK YOU. AND LAST QUESTION.
00:08:05TIME FOR.
00:08:09BREAKFAST.
00:08:09HOW CONFIDENT YOU THAT THE WELL
00:08:14THAT THE SCHOOL LUNCHES ARE IS
00:08:18BASICALLY A USDA PROGRAM THAT USDA FUNDS.
00:08:2230 OR 40 MILLION LUNCHES EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO THEY'RE FREE. THEY'RE MOSTLY FREE.
00:08:26THERE'S SOME REDUCED IN THERE, TOO. BUT FOR FAMILIES THAT, CAN'T
00:08:30AFFORD IT. THAT THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY THE
00:08:34PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE SPENDING SO MUCH TIME AND
00:08:37EFFORT ON IT, IS BECAUSE FOR FOR A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES IN
00:08:41AMERICA, THAT COULD BE THE BEST MEAL THAT THEY GET ALL DAY.
00:08:43SO THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT WHAT IS ON THE PLATE IS
00:08:47VERY, VERY HEALTHY, JUST CANNOT BE OVERSTATED.
00:08:50AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. AND AGAIN, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE,
00:08:53HARVEST ALWAYS WHAT THIS MEANS FOR LOCAL PRODUCERS TO BE ABLE
00:08:57TO SELL TO A REALLY GOOD CUSTOMER, LIKE A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR A HOSPITAL.
00:09:01YEAH, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL LUNCHES, BUT
00:09:03HOSPITALS THAT BOBBY KENNEDY IS PART OF THE MILITARY WITH PETE
00:09:07HEGSETH REALLY PUTTING OUR FARMERS AND RANCHERS AND THAT REAL FOOD BACK AT THE CENTER OF
00:09:11POLICYMAKING IS WHAT WE'RE
00:09:14WORKING TO DO.
00:09:17WOULD BE A GOOD NO.
00:09:21THERE'S NO DOUBT AND I AM IN VERY CLOSE TOUCH WITH OUR
00:09:25FRIENDS IN MEXICO, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF NEW WORLD THROUGH OUR
00:09:29ALSO BECAUSE OF THE WATER SITUATION, BUT ALSO BECAUSE, YOU
00:09:31KNOW, MEXICO IS A VERY IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNER AS CANADA IS AS
00:09:35WELL. AND I THINK WHAT THE PRESIDENT DONE HAS SHINED A LIGHT ON A LOT
00:09:38OF CHALLENGES IN THE US
00:09:40HEMISPHERE, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR FARMERS, IN OUR RANCHERS.
00:09:44BUT YOUR POINT IS CORRECT, THAT THAT REALLY THIS GETS DOWN TO
00:09:47MAKING SURE OUR DAIRYMEN AT LEAST FROM AGRICULTURE, ARE DAIRYMEN AND WOMEN.
00:09:51AMAZING. I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL OF THEIR FARMS OUT UPSTATE YORK, ACROSS
00:09:56WISCONSIN, DOWN IN TEXAS, THAT HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE
00:09:59TO TRADE FAIRLY AROUND THE WORLD. AND I'LL FINISH WITH THIS.
00:10:03WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL LUNCHES AND KIND OF TYING IT ALL TOGETHER AND PUTTING REAL FOOD,
00:10:07NUTRIENT DENSE FOOD BACK ON THE PLATES OF OUR SCHOOL, OF OUR
00:10:09SCHOOL KIDS. THIS ALSO INCLUDES MILK AND
00:10:13WHOLE MILK. AND AS WE HAVE BATTLED
00:10:15CONSTANTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL OF THESE RIGHT
00:10:19FOODS AND MILK BACK INTO SCHOOLS AND BACK ON TO EVERYONE'S
00:10:22PLATES, DINNER, BREAKFAST, ETC. I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE
00:10:26A REAL RENAISSANCE FOR OUR DAIRY FARMERS, WHETHER IT'S COTTAGE
00:10:30CHEESE OR YOGURT OR MILK. WE'RE SEEING A BIG EXPANSION
00:10:33ACROSS AMERICA IN THE INVESTMENT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS CANADIAN PIECE IS A VERY
00:10:37IMPORTANT PIECE AND THAT'S WHY THE PRESIDENT IS TAKING IT ON. BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT ONCE
00:10:40THEY ARE FINISHED WITH THE NEGOTIATION, EITHER TODAY OR
00:10:44TOMORROW OR WHENEVER, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A MUCH BETTER SPOT BECAUSE OF IT. THANK YOU.
00:10:48ALL SO MUCH. REALLY GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
00:10:54ALL.
00:10:55THIS EVENING, HOWARD UNIVERSITY
00:10:58WILL HOST GHANA'S ASANTE KING, OTUMFUO OSEI TUTU THE SECOND.
00:11:01FOR REMARKS ON GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP AND CULTURAL
00:11:05PRESERVATION. THE EVENT IS HOSTED BY THE MILLENNIUM EXCELLENCE
00:11:09FOUNDATION, WHICH SUPPORTS CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN GHANA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA.
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00:11:24DAWG.
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00:11:31AT 6 P.M. EASTERN FOR MARATHON PROGRAMING, HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF
00:11:34THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL, COMPELLING AND MEMORABLE MOMENTS
00:11:37COVERED BY C-SPAN IN 2026. TODAY, A COLLECTION OF
00:11:41CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS THAT SHAPED POLICY SCRUTINIZED
00:11:45IMPORTANT ISSUES AND CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNTRY. WEDNESDAY, A LOOK AT THE
00:11:49EXPLORATION INNOVATION AND ACHIEVEMENT THAT HAVE PUSHED THE
00:11:52BOUNDARIES OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE FROM THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICANS SPACE PROGRAM TO
00:11:55ARTEMUS TO THURSDAY WILL AIR SOME OF THIS YEAR'S MOST
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00:12:03CAPTURED PUBLIC ATTENTION.
00:12:06AND ON FRIDAY, SUPREME COURT DISCUSSING THEIR LIVES, THE
00:12:10CONSTITU ATION, THE COURT AND WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE ON THE
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00:12:17ALL THIS WEEK ON C-SPAN TO.
00:12:23FORMER SECRETARY STATE HILLARY
00:12:26CLINTON DISCUSS DIPLOMACY, NATIONAL SECURITY AND GLOBAL
00:12:30LEADERSHIP DURING A SIT DOWN CONVERSATION HOSTED BY THE
00:12:32HAMPTONS INSTITUTE INSTITUTE.
00:12:46WELL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
00:12:49THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, ELLEN. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
00:12:52VERY KIND INTRODUCTION. AND IT'S GREAT TO BE AT GUILD HALL.
00:12:55AND I THINK THE COMMON GOOD FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
00:12:57IT'S A IT'S A TERRIFIC PROGRAM