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From: "Rowe, Courtney (Agriculture)" <Courtney_Rowe@agriculture.senate.gov>

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:59:54 -0500

Subject: Lincoln to Hold First Farm Bill Hearing Tomorrow

 

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 29, 2010

Contact: Courtney Rowe, 202-224-2035

 

Lincoln to Hold First Farm Bill Hearing Wednesday

 

Washington – U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced that the Committee will hold its first farm bill hearing on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. in G50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The hearing will focus on maintaining a strong U.S. farm policy.

 

"The farm bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation Congress considers on behalf of rural America and our nation's farmers and ranchers," said Lincoln. "This first hearing will focus on maintaining a sound U.S. farm policy to protect our most vital resource - our food supply. Our food security, millions of jobs and a good share of our national economy depend on the work our farmers and ranchers do every day. The farm bill is necessary and vitally important to ensure we continue to have a safe, reliable and affordable supply of food and fiber."

 

Expanding Our Food and Fiber Supply through a Strong U.S. Farm Policy

Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010  

Time: 9:30 a.m.

Location: G50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building

 

As Chairman, Lincoln is charged with leading the Committee through the multi-year process of writing and passing the nation's next farm bill. Lincoln plans to hold multiple hearings over the next few months, focused on various issues that will be addressed in the legislation, covering the scope of American agriculture.

 

Lincoln, who hails from a seventh-generation Arkansas farm family, became the first woman and the first Arkansan to serve as Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee on September 9, 2009. She has served on the Committee since first being elected to the Senate in 1999.

 

Witness List

 

 

Panel 1: Administration

 

Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C.

 

Panel 2: National Organizations

 

Roger Johnson, President, National Farmers Union, Washington, DC 

 

Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, DC 

 

Panel 3: Producers

 

 Dow Brantley, Farmer, England, Arkansas

 

Thomas "Johnny" Cochran, Farmer, Sylvester, Georgia

 

Chris Pawelski, Farmer, Goshen, New York

 

 Mark Watne, Farmer, Jamestown, North Dakota

 

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