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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

2007 EVENTS

10/23/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Oversight Hearing on Broadband: Connecting Rural America
Marty McLendon, Owner and Operator, McLendon Acres and Chairman, Flint River Soil and Conservation District
Mark Lloyd, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Julie Hedlund, Senior Analyst, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Curtis Anderson, Deputy Administrator, Rural Utilities Service
Amy Tykeson, CEO of BendBroadband, on behalf of National Cable and Telecommunications Association
Charles C. Davenport, General Manager, Topsham Telephone Company, on behalf of National Telecommunications Cooperative Association
William Beans, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Open Range Communications, Inc.
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building

10/02/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Food Aid Program
Thomas Melito, Director, International Affairs and Trade, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Mark Keenum, Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, USDA
Jim Kunder, Acting Deputy Administrator, US AID
Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme
David Evans, Senior Vice Presicdent, Food for the Hungry
Ellen Levinson, Executive Director, Alliance for Food Aid, Levinson and Associates
Sean Callahan, Vice President of Overseas Operation, Catholic Relief Services
James Evans, USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building

09/25/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT ), Chair
Imported Food Safety
Benjamin England, Special Counsel, Jones Walker Waechter Potevent Carrere & Denegre, LLP; Cofounder, FDAImports.com; Former Regulatory
Counsel to the Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs, FDA
Carl Nielsen, Cofounder of FDAImports.com; Former Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs’ Division of Import Operations and Policy, FDA
Caroline Smith DeWaal, Director, Food Safety Program, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Joseph Levitt, Partner, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, representing The Grocery Manufacturers Association—Food Processors Association
Chat Phillips, President, Catfish Farmers of America
David Acheson, Assistant Commissioner for Food Protection, FDA
Stephen Solomon, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Office of Regional Operations, FDA
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building

05/17/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Marketing and Regulatory Programs Part II
Bruce Knight, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
Lloyd C. Day, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service
W. Ron DeHaven, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
James A. Link, Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Dennis Kaplan, Budget Office, Department of Agriculture
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building

05/10/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Marketing and Regulatory Programs Part I
Bruce Knight, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
Kenneth C. Clayton, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service
W. Ron DeHaven, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
James A. Link, Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
W. Scott Steele, Budget Officer, Department of Agriculture
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building

05/02/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
Mark E. Keenum, Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
Michael W, Yost, Administrator, Foreign Agriculture Service
Teresa C. Lasseter, Administrator, Farm Service Agency
Eldon Gould, Administrator, Risk Management Agency
W. Scott Steele, Budget Officer, Department of Agriculture
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building

04/19/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Food Safety and Inspection Service – Part II
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary for Food Safety and Inspection Service
David Goldman, Acting Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service
W. Scott Steele, Budget Officer, Department of Agriculture
10:00 AM, 236-2 A Rayburn House Office Building

03/29/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Food Safety and Inspection Service Part I
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary for Food Safety and Inspection Service
David Goldman, Acting Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service
W. Scott Steele, Budget Officer, Department of Agriculture
1:00 PM, 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building

03/28/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Rural Development
Thomas C. Dorr, Under Secretary for Rural Development
Jackie J. Gleason, Administrator, Rural Business – Cooperative Service
Russell Davis, Administrator, Rural Housing Service
James Andrew, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service
W. Scott Steele, Budget Officer, USDA
2:30 PM, 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building

03/22/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Conditions and Trends in Rural Communities
Katherine Smith, Acting Administrator, Economic Research Service
W. Scott Steele, Budget Officer, Department of Agriculture
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building

03/20/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Research, Education and Economics
Gale A. Buchanan, Under Secretary, Research, Education and Economics
Merle D. Pierson, Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education and Economics
Edward B. Knipling, Administrator, Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
Katherine Smith, Acting Administrator, Economic Research Service
R. Ronald Bosecker, Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service
W. Scott Steele, Budget Officer, Department of Agriculture
1:00 PM, 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building

03/13/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Department of Agriculture FY 2008 Budget Request
Charles F. Conner, Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture
Keith Collins, Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture
W. Scott Steele, Budget Officer, Department of Agriculture
2:00 PM, 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building

03/08/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
Nancy Montanez Joyner, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
Kate Coler, Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
Roberto Salazar, Administrator, Food and Nutrtion Service
W. Scott Steele, Budget Officer, Department of Agriculture
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building

03/06/07
Hearing – Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Mark Rey, Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, USDA
Arlen Lancaster, Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Steven A. Probst, Director, Budget Planning and Analysis Division, NRCS
W. Scott Steele, Budget Director, Department of Agriculture
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building

03/01/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Department of Agriculture
Phyllis K. Fong, Inspector General, USDA
Kathleen S. Tighe, Deputy Inspector General, USDA
Robert W. Young, Assistant Inspector General for Audit, USDA
Mark R. Woods, Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, USDA
Suzanne Murrin, Assistant Inspector General for Management, USDA
W. Scott Steele, Budget Officer, Office of Budget and Program Analysis, USDA
10:00 AM, 2362 Rayburn House Office Building

02/28/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Food and Drug Administration
Andrew C. Von Eschenbach, MD, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
John R. Dryer, MPH, Deputy Commissioner for Operations and Chief Operating Officer
Norris W. Cochran, Director of the Division of Discretionary Programs, Office of Budget, Department of Health and Human Services
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building

02/08/07
Hearing - Agriculture Subcommittee
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair
Oversight Hearing on Food Safety
David Walker, Comptroller, Government Accountability Office
Michael Taylor, Former Administrator of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
Carol Tucker Foreman, The Food Policy Institute at the Consumer Federation of America
Tom Stenzel, United Fresh Produce Association
Mark Dopp, American Meat Institute
1:00 PM, 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building