This is a really important issue. This is about jobs that can't be outsourced and hundreds of billions or even now one gentleman said, when you put in all the indirect jobs and money, it is a trillion-dollar industry.
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The travel and tourism industry provides good, middle-class, domestic jobs that, almost by definition, cannot be outsourced.
The jobs created when restaurants, hotels, and amusement parks grow are good, honest-paying jobs that can help our young people find work.
For every 33 travelers who visit the U.S. from abroad, one U.S. job is created.
For every five new hotel rooms they build, three American jobs are created.
The travel and tourism industry provides good middle-class domestic jobs almost by definition that can't be outsourced.
Thank you, Dr. Hamburg, for appearing today. Is our imported food safe?
I would like to thank you and the members of the Committee for a very good hearing.
That is our fundamental purpose. That is who we are as Americans.
I think it is important to make sure that we still have an American brand on that.
Do you lose the original spirit whereby you were targeting a particular area of need with a specialized program.
It is not in competition with anything else. It is all part of the family.
There are new entrepreneurial, returning to traditional means of production that are creating a whole host of new opportunities for younger farmers.
The strength of agriculture in rural communities is essentially tied to production agriculture, and that is a source of a great and economic wellbeing for America.
Well, we would prefer, as you are suggesting, to have a longer-term fix and decrease the uncertainty about this.
Strong rural communities are the key to a stronger America.
Keep looking for that pathway. Because here is an individual who was assisting you on your mission----
The reality is that, while the U.S. remains an economic leader, other nations are beginning to catch up.