Making sure that there are Federal funds available to municipalities who want to do that is another part of this.

There is certainly no single way to go about solving this problem, and I know as you dig deeper into it today and you hear from the wonderful panel that you have chosen, you will start to hear that it is something we have to face on all…

I would like to thank Chairman Conaway, Ranking Member Peterson, and Members of the House Committee on Agriculture for holding a hearing on food waste and for inviting me to speak today.

I think you'll agree it's unconscionable that so much food ends up in landfills.

Recognizing the extent of this problem, USDA and EPA announced the first food waste reduction goal last year--a 50 percent reduction by 2030.

It is wonderful to see that the USDA and the EPA together have announced a food waste reduction goal.

40 percent of the food, as you mentioned, is wasted in this country.

we do have 50 million people in this country going hungry.

And when there is confusion around date labeling or how food can be disposed of, with the good Samaritan laws that we have talked about, it just makes it that much more difficult for restaurants and retail stores to find out how to make…

support the Food Recovery Act, introduced by Representative Pingree.

The Food Recovery Act introduced by Rep. Chellie Pingree (H.R. 4184) tackles food waste from a variety of angles.

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I share your concern about the engagement level the Department has shown in rural communities.

I think one of the great mistakes we made in this country in the nuclear industry was having each plant being an individual plant with its own unique design rather than a standardized design.

Listen, and once you do nuclear you have fixed your energy costs and your fuel costs.

It would really help, in my view, if we were members of the Law of the Sea Treaty.

Are they being degraded in terms of equipment as well as finances, manpower, foreign fighters? Where are they getting their equipment?

If Baghdad isn't inclusive, then this whole enterprise is just not going to be successful.