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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysarpq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RE- LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 2:05 p.m., in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Jerry Moran (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Moran, Blunt, Cochran, Hoeven, Daines, Merkley, Tester, Udall, and Baldwin. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE STATEMENT OF HON. THOMAS VILSACK, SECRETARY ACCOMPANIED BY: DR. ROBERT JOHANSSON, CHIEF ECONOMIST MICHAEL YOUNG, BUDGET OFFICER OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR JERRY MORAN Senator MORAN. I call this Committee hearing together, and we appreciate the Secretary joining us once again. As you would expect, the purpose of our hearing is to examine the Administration's fiscal year 2017 budget request. In addition to Secretary Vilsack, we welcome Dr. Johansson. Thank you very much for joining us last week in a discussion about agricultural economics. Mr. Young, thank you very much for your presence today. Agriculture supports 16 million jobs nationwide. It is certainly the backbone of my State, my community and States and commu- nities across the country. We also know, unfortunately, as Dr. Johansson indicated to us last week, farmers are facing a dramatic reduction in commodity prices and falling revenues. We know the facts indicate that from 2013 through 2015, net farm income fell 54 percent. In these times, it is critical that our Nation's safety net for farm- ers and ranchers perform well and allow them to continue to grow and raise the safest, most affordable and abundant food supply in the world. As I indicated in our conversation with the agriculture (ag) economists, in the absence of doing that, they will not be around (1)

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