ADVISORY: Secretary Perdue to Commemorate USDA Farmers Market Opening TOMORROW
(Washington, D.C., May 3, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will participate in the opening of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farmers Market located outside USDA headquarters TOMORROW, Friday, May 4th. The Secretary will briefly commemorate the market’s opening before visiting the booths setup by local farmers, ranchers, and small businesses.
Secretary Perdue to Commemorate USDA Farmers Market Opening
WHAT: Secretary Perdue will commemorate the opening of the USDA Farmers Market and tour its booths.
WHEN: TOMORROW, Friday, May 4th at 12:00 p.m. ET
WHERE: Outside USDA Headquarters on the corner of Independence Avenue and 12th St, S.W., Washington, DC 20250
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Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Faith and Opportunity Initiative Executive Order
(Washington, D.C., May 3, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today praised President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order establishing the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative within the Office of the President. The Executive Order, which coincided with the National Day of Prayer, requires consultation with faith and community leaders to address such issues as poverty alleviation, religious liberty, strengthening marriage and family, education, solutions for substance abuse and addiction, crime prevention and reduction, prisoner reentry, and health and humanitarian services. It recognizes the tremendous ability of these organizations to serve individuals, families, and communities.
Secretary Perdue issued the following statement:
“On this National Day of Prayer, I am gratified to join with President Trump to elevate the importance of our faith community in meeting the challenges facing our great nation. These community leaders are in touch with their citizens and are often best equipped to offer insights on how to provide support and improve lives. At the Department of Agriculture, we are already engaged with faith leaders on many fronts, including efforts to battle the growing opioid crisis in rural America. I commend the President for his support of the important work of the faith community and the recognition that government alone cannot solve every problem we face.”
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Tom Fitton: Mueller is ‘Abusing his Power’
On May 1, 2018, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on the Fox News Channel to discuss the implications of the leaked questions Special Counsel Robert Mueller outlined for a possible interview with Trump in his Russia investigation.
Chris Farrell: Mueller is Trying to Destroy Trump’s chances of Winning 2020 Election
On May 2, 2018, Judicial Watch Director of Investigations and Research Chris Farrell appeared on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” on the Fox Business Network to discuss the Russia probe and President Trump adding Clinton impeachment lawyer Emmet Flood to his legal team.
What can we learn about innovation from those who seek to abolish nuclear weapons? In a new interview with C.M. Rubin, creator of The Global Search for Education and founder of CMRubinWorld, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Beatrice Fihn talks about her inspiration to take on the cause to ban nuclear weapons. “What struck me most was the absurdity, that everyone agrees these weapons should never be used, but we need nuclear weapons so they won’t be used?” says Fihn. The Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards (TDIA) has named Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Beatrice Fihn a 2018 honoree and the recipient of the first-ever Hersey Prize presented by the family of John Hersey, author of “Hiroshima”. The awards honor disruptors and game-changers creating radical solutions to the world’s most complex problems.
Nuclear weapons have been used twice in warfare: in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Recently hundreds of artificial intelligence (AI) specialists have urged their governments to stand against weaponizing AI. In The Global Search for Education interview, Rubin and Fihn discuss the dangers that technology and AI will mean for future weapons of mass destruction. Fihn notes, “Whether in technology or nuclear weapons, it’s vital that we talk about past and current expressions of injustice and suffering, not just potential.”
Read the interview here
Beatrice Fihn is the Executive Director of the international Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize-winning campaign to prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons.
CMRubinWorld launched in 2010 to explore what kind of education would prepare students to succeed in a rapidly changing globalized world. Its award-winning series, The Global Search for Education, is a celebrated trailblazer in the renaissance of the 21st century, and occupies a special place in the pulse of key issues facing every nation and the collective future of all children. It connects today’s top thought leaders with a diverse global audience of parents, students and educators. Its highly readable platform allows for discourse concerning our highest ideals and the sustainable solutions we must engineer to achieve them. C. M. Rubin has published hundreds of interviews and articles discussing an expansive array of topics under a singular vision: when it comes to the world of children, there is always more work to be done.
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Secretary Perdue Applauds President Trump’s Selection for USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety
(Washington, D.C., May 4, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded President Donald J. Trump’s selection of Dr. Mindy Brashears to be the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Under Secretary for Food Safety. After the announcement, Secretary Perdue issued the following statement:
“Food safety is at the core of USDA’s mission, because it directly affects the health and well-being of millions of Americans every day. President Trump has made an excellent choice in Dr. Mindy Brashears, and I am excited to have her join the team. Dr. Brashears has spent decades finding ways to improve food safety standards through innovation, invention, and leadership on research missions across the globe. I look forward to her bringing that wealth of expertise and track record of results here to USDA.
“In the meantime, we still have qualified people in addition to Dr. Brashears awaiting confirmation to fill key roles at USDA. I urge the Senate take up all of our nominations as quickly as possible.”
Background:
Dr. Brashears is a Professor of Food Safety and Public Health and the Director of the International Center for Food Industry Excellence at Texas Tech University. Dr. Brashears’ research program focuses on improving food safety standards to make an impact on public health. Her highly acclaimed work evaluates interventions in pre- and post-harvest environments and on the emergence of antimicrobial drug resistance in animal feeding systems. These efforts have resulted in commercialization of a pre-harvest feed additive that can reduce E. coli and Salmonella in cattle. She also leads international research teams to Mexico, Central and South America to improve food safety and security and to set up sustainable agriculture systems in impoverished areas. She is past-Chair of the National Alliance for Food Safety and Security and of the USDA multi-state research group.
