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Thursday, May 8, 2008

All done but the shouting

From the office of Sen. Tom Harkin:


Congressional negotiators will announce a final farm bill conference agreement TOMORROW, May 8, 2008 at 1:30 PM EDT in 1300 Longworth House Office Building. The bipartisan, bicameral group will discuss the details of the final bill, which makes investments in conservation, energy, nutrition and rural development while continuing and strengthening farm income protection.

The event will also be webcast on the House and Senate Agriculture Committee Websites at: http://agriculture.house.gov/hearings/audio.html or http://agriculture.senate.gov/.

WHO: Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman, Senate Agriculture Committee
Congressman Collin Peterson (D-MN), Chairman, House Agriculture Committee
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Ranking Member, Senate Agriculture Committee
Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member, House Agriculture Committee
Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND), Chairman, Senate Budget Committee
Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman, Senate Finance Committee
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member, Senate Finance Committee
Congressman Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Member, House Agriculture and House Ways and Means Committees


WHAT: Agriculture leaders to announce farm bill conference report
WHEN: TOMORROW, May 8, 2008
1:30 PM
WHERE: Longworth House Office Building
Room 1300
Washington, D.C

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