MISSION OF FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERV- 

 ICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1993 



House of Representatives; Subcommittee on For- 

 eign Agriculture and Hunger; Committee on Ag- 

 riculture; Joint with Subcommittee on Informa- 

 tion, Justice, Transportation, and Agriculture; 

 Committee on Government Operations, 



Washington, DC. 



The subcommittees met, pursuant to call, at 9:30 a.m., in room 

 2247, Raybum House Office Building, Hon. Timothy J. Penny 

 (chairman of the Subcommittee on Foreign Agriculture and Hun- 

 ger) presiding, together with, Hon. Gary A. Condit (chairman of the 

 Subcommittee on Information, Justice, Transportation, and Agri- 

 culture). 



Present from the Subcommittee on Foreign Agriculture and Hun- 

 ger: Representative Penny. 



Present from the Subcommittee on Information, Justice, Trans- 

 portation, and Agriculture: Representatives Condit, Stupak, Thom- 

 as of Wyoming, and Horn. 



Staff present from the Committee on Agriculture: Jan Rovecamp, 

 clerk; Jane Shey and Bruce White. 



Staff present from the Subcommittee on Information, Justice, 

 Transportation, and Agriculture: Edward L. Armstrong, profes- 

 sional staff member; Aurora Ogg, clerk; and Diane M. Major, mi- 

 nority professional staff, Committee on Government Operations. 



OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. TIMOTHY J. PENNY, A REP- 

 RESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MIN- 

 NESOTA 



Mr. Penny. The subcommittees will come to order. 



This is the second joint hearing before the Subcommittee on For- 

 eign Agriculture and Hunger and the Subcommittee on Informa- 

 tion, Justice, Transportation, and Agriculture. In addition to two 

 speakers representing trade associations, we will also focus on the 

 efforts of State departments of agriculture to gain access to over- 

 seas markets, the export potential of nonfood, nonfeed derived from 

 agricultural commodities and the important role that export credits 

 play in leveling the pla5dng field between the United States and 

 our foreign competitors. 



We look forward to our witnesses this morning and I would ask 

 that our first two witnesses come forward at this time. The Honor- 

 able Bob Walker, secretary of agriculture, State of Maryland; and 

 Mr. Paul O'Connell, Director, Alternative Agricultural Research 



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