Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations for fiscal year 1989: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, second session on H.R. 4784 ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989 - Rural development |
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Page 536 - That there 1s hereby established at the seat of government of the United States a Department of Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful Information on subjects connected with agriculture In the most general and comprehensive sense of that word...
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Page 307 - behalf of our more than 300,000 members and contributors nationwide, I welcome this public opportunity to ask your support for adequate funding for the enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as administered by the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, APHIS.
Page 75 - The Association of State Floodplain Managers is the only national organization of state and local officials responsible for managing flood-prone areas. We represent the state and local agencies who work to reduce and prevent flood damages. In an average year, floods kill 150 people and cost the country over
Page 587 - will not repeat this information, as we believe the record is replete with scientific and economic documentation prepared by a select committee which describes the conditions of the region and the research required to seek viable solutions to a complex set of critical problems confronting agriculture and natural resource conservation throughout the Great Plains, the semi-arid southwest and arid and
Page 367 - technical assistance contacts per month. Circuit Riders have saved significant amounts of money in preventing water loss, reducing the need for replacement of pipes, pumps and other equipment and in working with systems to set adequate water rates to provide funds for continuous preventive maintenance. Finally, we want to express our continued concern with the
Page 677 - programs shall be distributed through nonprofit voluntary agencies, cooperatives, and the World Food Program; unless the President determines and reports to the Congress, together with his reasons, that such quantity cannot be used effectively to carry out the purposes of this
Page 243 - have not been necessary. However, like any other major commodity, potato growers recognize, in order to remain a viable and competitive industry, we must constantly strive to improve our product. Through carefully planned and executed research, we believe we can continue to offer an excellent product and remain a viable US agricultural industry.
Page 366 - It is also the reason that these loans were included in the government loan asset sale. The Environmental Protection Agency continuously cites the FmHA rural water grant and loan program as the major source of funding assistance to help small rural systems meet SDWA requirements. In response to a House Committee question EPA responded:
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