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From YouTube: House - Agriculture Subcommittee - February 15, 2022
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House Agriculture Subcommittee House Hearing Room 3
A
A
Thank
you,
madam
clerk.
Are
there
any
personal
orders
or
announcements
today
seeing
none?
I
will
present
the
fact
of
the
day.
In
1933,
the
northern
mockingbird
became
the
state
songbird
for
tennessee.
This
little
animal
embodies
the
culture
and
heritage
of
tennessee,
both
sharing
our
roots
and
our
love
of
music.
In
fact,
the
scientific
name
mimas
polyglottis,
translates
to
the
mini
tongue.
Mimic
quote
mini
tongue
mimic,
which
refers
to
the
mockingbird's
ability
to
mimic
other
birds
calls
and
even
man-engineered
sounds
like
musical
instruments,
warning
bells
phone
rings.
Car
horns
and
creaky
hinges.
A
The
male's
song
repertoire
contains
as
many
as
200
different
song
types
that
change
throughout
the
adult
life
as
well
as
increase
in
number
as
we
tennesseans
can
confirm.
These
are
the
birds
that
keep
us
up
get
us
up
early
in
the
mornings
with
their
mating
calls
throughout
the
summer
evenings
and
into
the
early
mornings.
Both
male
and
females
are
territorial
and
will
dive
bomb
intruders
with
attempts
to
attack
homeowners
and
pets,
as
well
as
their
own
reflections
and
windows.
A
The
reasons
for
the
decline
are
not
known
exactly,
but
the
maturing
forest
and
trend
toward
cleaner
farms
with
fewer
fence
rows
in
the
state
may
be
contributing
factors
we
have
one
bill
that
is,
has
been
requested
to
be
rolled
two
weeks.
The
sponsor
requested
a
two-week
roll,
and
this
is
house
bill
2869.
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
members
house.
Bill
1975
allows
doe
mountain
recreation
area
to
be
able
to
establish
their
own
fees
for
the
purposes,
for
example,
of
people
riding
side
by
sides
on
their
on
the
property
there.
This
is
over
8
600
acres
and
they
have
been
very
successful,
but
they
want
to
be
able
to
make
fee
adjustments
and
it's
a
beautiful
property.
Doe
tn.com
have
to
throw
that
out
in
the
universe.
D
God,
thank
you,
mr
chairman
and
representative
campbell.
I
appreciate
the
bill.
The
discussion,
it's
I
I've
had
a
discussion
about
it
in
my
office
today
and
it's
been
on
the
telephone
and,
of
course
I
I
sit
on
the
government
operations
committee
and
we
will
be
hearing
this
bill
there,
but
I
appreciate
the
bill
coming
out.
You
are
it's
a
pristine
location
in
tennessee
that
is
struggling
like
so
many
rural
areas
to
survive,
but
I
approve
of
this
bill.
B
C
B
B
A
A
E
A
I
will
note
that
I
have
been
learning
in
the
last
week
or
so
that
one
of
the
places
that
we
can
get
rid
of
this
material
is
cleanly
burning
them
in
a
process.
I
know
we've
got
manufacturers
in
this
state
that
are
doing
that
right
now,
taking
the
shredded
material
and
incorporating
it
into
other
fuel
materials
to
to
provide
a
clean
burn,
so
they
have
energy
to
run
their
plants.
A
So
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
uses
for
these
that
we
need
to
consider
and
glad
you're
bringing
this
bill
that
hopefully,
will
help
the
counties
deal
with
this
problem,
because
I
know
they
all
have
the
problem
right
see.
No
further
discussion,
we're
ready
to
vote
all
in
favor
of
house
bill,
2607,
say
aye.
A
D
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and,
of
course
this
has
to
do
with
not
only
flooding
that
took
place
in
in
humphreys
county
houston
county.
It's
chairman.
I
want
to
thank
you
because
you've
been
to
my
district
to
my
county
and
get
the
conversation
about
the
flooding
that
took
place
as
well
as
seeing
the
aftermath,
as
well
as
chairman
darby,
appreciate
everyone's
response
coming
back
on
what
we
need
to
do
about
this
situation,
and
it
is
a
statewide
situation
and
of
course,
mr
chairman,
your
your
moment
in
history
also
made
in
1933
what
happened.
D
It
was
tennessee
valley
authority
came
into
place
and
it
was
for
what
reason
it
was
flooding
flooding
across
the
state
of
tennessee.
But,
mr
chairman,
this
bill
will
be
labeled
as
the
flood
resilience
and
community
preparedness
task
force.
Flooding
is
a
persistent
problem.
Over
the
last
20
years,
tennessee
has
seen
over
2
825
flood
events
that
works
out
to
a
flood
event
more
frequently
than
once.
Every
three
days
think
about
that
statewide.
Every
three
days,
tasser
estimates
that
investment
in
resilience
and
mitigation
in
tennessee
will
yield
up
to
12
to
1
return
in
avoiding
losses.
D
29
people
lost
their
lives
to
flooding
in
tennessee
last
year.
Loss
of
lives
not
only
property
but
lives
flooding
is
an
economic
drag
on
the
state
causing
243
million
dollars
in
damages
on
every.
On
average.
Every
year,
texas,
florida,
west,
virginia
and
south
carolina
have
all
engaged
in
statewide
flood
resilience
planning
to
assist
vulnerable
communities,
lowering
the
flood
risk
now
I'll
read
from
the
fiscal
note.
This
creates
the
tennessee
flood
resilience
and
community
preparedness
task
force.
D
Such
task
force
shall
be
composed
of
15
members,
including
four
legislative
members,
seven
representatives,
the
executive
branch
agencies
and
four
public
members
task
force.
Members
shall
receive
no
compensation
for
their
services
on
the
task
force,
but
shall
receive
reimbursements
for
expenses
incurred
in
attending
meetings
of
the
task
force,
including
travel
expenses.
D
It
creates
the
flood,
resilience
reserve
fund
and
that's
where
you're,
seeing
the
fiscal
note
within
the
state
treasury.
Such
funds
consist
of
monies
appropriated
to
the
general
fund
assembly,
which
only
may
be
used
to
develop,
implement
and
maintain
the
plan.
Let
it
be
known
as
the
few
charitable
trust
they
have
interests
in
this
bill.
Helping
with
this
bill
and
at
some
point
in
time,
they
would
even
come
to
nashville
to
testify
on
it
it.
D
This
bill
requires
the
task
force
to
appear
before
the
government
operations
committee
of
the
house
of
representatives,
the
government
operations
committee
of
the
senate,
the
speaker
of
the
house
of
representatives
and
senate,
respectively
tasser
and
the
commissioner
of
the
department
of
environment
conservation.
They
will
report
their
findings
no
later
than
july.
D
A
F
A
F
A
A
Projects
that
are
eligible
for
funding
currently
don't
include
stormwater
projects,
and
this
would
include
stormwater
projects
based
on
what
the
federal
funds
are
designed
for.
It
includes
stormwater,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
our
state
laws
are
in
compliance
and
in
agreement
with
that,
so
that
they're
allowed
to
use
them
for
those
purposes.
A
A
It
allows
for
these
loans,
under
this
program
of
federal
funds,
to
be
refinanced
or
restructured.
At
a
later
date,
it
also
authorizes
us,
as
I
said
earlier,
a
grant
program
that
the
department
will
administer
and
it
also
allows
the
department
to
promulgate
emergency
rules
because
of
the
rapidly
changing
federal
rules,
as
many
of
you
have
heard,
I'm
sure
from
your
local
governments
over
the
last
year
or
so
as
each
one
of
these
pots
of
money
becomes
available
to
the
locals.
A
The
rules
continue
to
change
they'll
issue,
an
initial
rule,
and
then
weeks
later,
another
rule
comes
out
that
will
alter
how
those
funds
are
to
be
used.
Our
comptroller
has
done
a
fantastic
job,
keeping
up
with
those
rule,
changes
and
then
educating
our
cities
and
counties
as
to
what
they
can
do
legally,
but
it's
an
ever-changing
dynamic
apparently
and
as
we
have
witnessed-
and
so
all
this
does
is
gives
them.