RESPONDING TO THE GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Time: 9:30 A.M. Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Biden   Senator Lugar's Opening Statement       Witnesses:     Panel 1: The Honorable Henrietta H. Fore    Administrator and Director of    Foreign Assistance Agency for    International Development    Washington, DC The Honorable Edward P. Lazear    Chairman    Council of Economic Advisers    Executive Office of the President    Washington, DC     Panel 2: The Honorable Josette Sheeran    Executive Director    World Food Programme    United Nations    Rome, Italy The Honorable M. Peter McPherson    President    National Association of State Universities    and Land-Grant Colleges    Washington, DC James R. Lyons    Vice President    Policy and Communications    Oxfam America    Washington, DC   Hearing Titles in blue are links to video recording of hearing. Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.