Hearings and Testimony
January 16, 1997
Agriculture Committee Field Hearing
Examination of Forest Ecosystem Health and Management of the National Forest System in the Pacific Northwest - Sunriver, Oregon
February 21, 1997
Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research - Field Hearing
Regarding the Availability of Agricultural Credit - Lubbock, Texas
February 26, 1997
Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research - Hearing
To review the Conservation Reserve Program Final Regulations - Washington, DC
March 12, 1997
Subcommittee on Department Operation, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture - Hearing
To review the status of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) for the Food Stamp Program implementation - Washington, DC
March 18, 1997
Agriculture Committee Hearing
Agriculture trade into the 21st century - Washington, DC
March 19, July 17, 1997
Subcommittee on Department Operation, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture - Hearing
To review the treatment of minority and limited resource producers by USDA - Washington, DC
April 9, 1997
Agriculture Committee and Resources Committee Joint Hearing
Forest Ecosystem Health in the United States - Washington, DC
April 10, 1997
Subcommitte on Risk Management and Specialty Crops - Hearing
Implementation of Sec. 192, Risk Management Education, of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act of 1996 - Washington, DC
April 15, 16, and 17, 1997
Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops - Hearing
Review Reform of the Commodity Exchange Act and provisions of H.R. 467, the Commodity Exchange Act Amendments of 1997 - Washington, DC
April 17, 1997
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities - Hearing
Oversight of the North American Free Trade Agreement - Washington, DC
April 23, 1997
Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research - Hearing
Review of air quality issues relating to the agricultural industry - Washington, DC
April 24, 1997
Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops/Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities - Joint Hearing
Review the Effectiveness of Agricultural Export Programs - Washington, DC
May 8, 1997
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee Hearing
The Status and Prospects for Trade in Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Products between the United States and the European Union - Washington, DC
May 14, 1997
Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Hearing
Review of information technology practices at USDA - Washington, DC
May 15, 1997
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee Hearing
Status of the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Progress in Implementing the Dairy Reforms as outlined Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Hearings under the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 - Washington, DC
May 20, 1997
Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research Subcommittee Hearing
Review of Financing of Roads on the National Forests - Washington, DC
June 5, 12, 19, 1997
Agriculture Committee - Hearings
Forest Ecosystem Health in the United States - Washington, DC
June 11, 1997
Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research Subcommittee Hearing
Review of the 1997 Conservation Reserve Program Contract Announcement - Washington, DC
June 12, 1997
Agriculture Committee Hearing
Further Scientific Comment on the Oliver Forest Health Report - Washington, DC
June 17, 18, July 9, 22 1997
Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research Subcommittee Hearing
Regarding the role of Federal, State, and Private Research - Washington, DC
June 18, 1997
Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research Subcommittee Hearing
Regarding public/private partnership efforts in agricultural research - Washington, DC
June 19, 1997
Agriculture Committee Hearing
Forest Ecosystem Health in the Inland West and Northeastern United States - Washington, DC
June 25, 1997
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee Hearing
Status and Prospects for Trade in Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Products between the United States and East Asia - Washington, DC
June 26, 1997
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee Hearing
H. R. 1789, the Reauthorization of the Dairy Indemnity Program - Washington, DC
July 15, 1997
Agriculture Committee Hearing
Wildfire Management in the United States - Washington, DC
July 23, 1997
Risk Management and Specialty Crops Subcommittee Hearing
Review of Policy Alternatives Relating to Agricultural Trade Options - Washington, DC
September 11, 1997
Department Operation, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Hearing
Review the Public-Private Partnership of Food Banks - Washington, DC
September 16, 1997
Agriculture Committee - Hearing
EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standards on Ozone and PM 2.5 - Washington, DC
September 17, 1997
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee Hearing
Forage Improvement Act of 1997 - Washington, DC
October 7, 1997
Agriculture Committee Hearing
Forest Recovery Act of 1997 - Washington, DC
October 9, 1997
General Farm Commodities Subcommittee - Hearing
Agriculture Economic Outlook - Washington, DC
October 10, 1997
Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee - Hearing
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Government Performance Review Act - Washington, DC
October 22, 29 1997
Risk Management and Specialty Crops Subcommittee - Hearings
Review the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Government Performance Results Act Plan - Washington, DC
October 23, 1997
Agriculture Committee - Hearing
Civil Rights Legislation and Other Issues - Washington, DC
October 23, 1997
General Farm Commodities Subcommittee - Hearing
Fast Track Trade Negotiating Authority - Washington, DC
October 30, 1997
Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee - Hearing
Waste and Abuse in the Administration of the Food Stamp Program - Washington, DC
November 5, 1997
Subcommitee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops - Hearing
Review of the Federal Crop Insurance Program - Washington, DC
November 6, 1997
General Farm Commodities Subcommittee - Hearing
Agricultural Transportation Issues and the Current Rail Grain Situation - Washington, DC
November 13, 1997
Agriculture Committee - Hearing
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Proposal to Restore a Fish Passage Corridor Through Elk Creek Dam - Medford, OR
January 22, February 17, April 1, 1998
Risk Management and Specialty Crops Subcommittee - Hearings
Specialty Crop Agricultural Issues Relating to the 1999 WTO Negotiations - West Palm Beach, FL, Riverside, CA, Washington, DC
February 3, 1998
Risk Management and Specialty Crops Subcommittee - Hearing
Review the Impact of the Tobacco Settlement on Producers - Washington, DC
February 4, 1998
General Farm Commodities Subcommittee - Hearing
Asian Financial Crises - Washington, DC
February 5, 1998
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture - Hearing
Review the Enforcement of the Anti-Fraud Provisions of the Food Stamp Act
February 26, 1998
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee Hearing
U.S. Trade in Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry - Washington, DC
March 3, 1998
Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee - Hearing
USDA Year 2000 Compliance Act
March 5, 1998
Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research - Hearing - Implementation of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program - Washington, DC
March 11, 1998
Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research - Hearing - USDA Farm Loan Programs - Washington, DC
March 18, May 12, June 17, July 22, 1998
Review the 1999 World Trade Organization Multilateral Negotiations on Agricultural Trade
March 26, 1998
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry - Hearing
USDA's Proposed Rule for the Reform of Federal Milk Marketing Orders - Washington, DC
May 13, 1998
Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research; Joint with Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry - Activities of the EPA Related to Livestock Feeding Options - Washington, DC
May 20, 1998
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture - Hearing
H.R. 3766, the Plant Protection Act
May 20, 1998
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry - Hearing
Implementation of the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point System
May 21, 1998
Agriculture Committee - Hearing
U.S. Agriculture, the Asian Financial Crises, and the International Monetary Fund - Washington, DC
June 3, 1998
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture - Hearing - Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1998
June 4, 11, 1998
Agriculture Committee Hearings
Fiscal Accountability in the U.S. Forest Service - Washington, DC
June 10, 1998
Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops - Hearing
Regulation of the Over-the-Counter Derivatives Market - Washington, DC
June 10, 1998
Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research - Hearing
Review the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide
June 18, 1998
Agriculture Committee Hearing
Recreational Cabin Fees
June 24, 1998
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture - Hearing
Oversight Hearing of the Food Quality Protection Act
June 25, 1998
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture - Hearing
Implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act
June 25, 1998
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities - Hearing
Review of the Administration's Use of Agricultural Export Programs
July 29, 1998
Agriculture Committee - Hearing
Forest Service Cost Reduction and Fiscal Accountability Act of 1998
July 30, 1998
Agriculture Committee Testimony
State of the Agricultural Economy - Washington, DC
July 30, 1998
Agriculture Committee Hearing - State of the Agricultural Economy
August 5, 1998
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture - Hearing
Food Stamp Verification Act of 1998
September 2, 1998
Agriculture Committee Hearing
Removing the Roadblocks to Responsible Forest Management
September 23, 1998
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture - Hearing
The Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1998
October 8, 1998
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities - Hearing - Current Agricultural Trade Issues With Canada
October 8, 1998
Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops - Hearing - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Estimate and Annual Performance Plan
November 12, 1998
Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops - Hearing - Review of the Federal Crop Insurance Program - Sioux Falls, SD