Under Secretary's Speeches and Remarks in 2003

November 6, 2003:  Remarks at the Agriculture Future of America in Kansas City, Missouri (PDF)*
October 20, 2003:  Remarks at the Mortgage Bankers Association 90th Annual Convention (PDF)
October 16, 2003:  Opening (PDF) and Full (PDF) Remarks on New Generation Cooperatives
     Before the House Committee on Agriculture
October 1, 2003:  Remarks at the Renewable Fuels Association Board of Directors Meeting (PDF)
September 30, 2003:  Remarks at the Rural Telecommunications Congress and Rural Broadband Coalition Meeting (PDF)
September 4, 2003:  Opening Remarks on Attracting Economic Growth in Rural America
     Before the House Committee on Small Business
August 26, 2003:  Opening and Full (PDF) Remarks on the Rural Economy, Renewable Energy and the Role
     of Cooperatives, Before the Senate Finance Committee in Des Moines, Iowa
August 6, 2003:  Remarks at the 6th Annual Minnesota Rural Summit
July 30, 2003:  Remarks at the National Biodiesel Board Annual Meeting (PDF)
June 25, 2003:  Statement on the Benefits of Rural Development's Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program
     Before the House Committee on Agriculture
June 25, 2003:  Statement on the Multi-Family Housing Section 521 Rental Assistance Program
     Before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Financial Services
June 16, 2003:  Remarks at the National Rural Housing Summit (PDF)
June 16, 2003:  Summit Remarks on FHA Commissioner Weicher and the FHA Mortgage Scorecard (PDF)
June 11, 2003:  Remarks at the Iowa Bankers Association Meeting (PDF)
June 10, 2003:  Remarks at the Regional Value Added Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan (PDF)
June 3, 2003:  Remarks at the Anaerobic Digester Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina (PDF)
May 30, 2003:  Remarks at the Homeownership and Broadband Grant Event in Anthony, New Mexico (PDF)
May 29, 2003:  Remarks at the Second Annual Business Technology Conference in St. George, Utah (PDF)
April 7, 2003:  Remarks at the North American Agriculture Journalists Meeting (PDF)
March 19, 2003:  Statement on the FY 2004 Budget Request Before the House Subcommittee on Agriculture,
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
March 11, 2003:  Remarks at the Cenex Harvest States Meeting (PDF)
March 3, 2003:  Remarks at the National American Indian Housing Council Legislative Conference (PDF)
March 2, 2003:  Remarks at the National Association of Counties Rural Action Caucus Breakfast (PDF)
February 25, 2003:  Remarks at National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners 2003 Winter Meeting (PDF)
February 20, 2003:  Remarks at the 2003 Ag Outlook Forum (PDF)
February 18, 2003:  Remarks at the 2003 National Ethanol Conference in Phoenix, Arizona (PDF)
February 16, 2003:  Remarks at the National Conference of State Legislatures Ag Chairs Summit in Dallas, Texas (PDF)
February 10, 2003:  Remarks at 3rd Harvesting Clean Energy Conference in Boise, Idaho (PDF)
February 3, 2003:  Remarks at the National Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils
     Meeting (PDF)
January 29, 2003:  Remarks of Secretary Veneman, Under Secretary Dorr and Utilities Programs Administrator Legg
     Announcing New Programs For Expansion of Rural Telecommunications Technology (PDF)
January 15, 2003:  Remarks at the Farm Bill Outreach Meeting in Victoria, TX (PDF)

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