U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, today announced that the following witnesses will testify at a hearing,  Thursday, March 12 at 9 a.m. in SR-328A,  to examine child nutrition programs, including school lunch and school breakfast:

Opening Statement of  Chairman, Richard G. Lugar
United States Senator for Indiana
 

The Honorable Joseph P. Kennedy II
Member of Congress, Massachusetts

Panel I

The Honorable Shirley Watkins
Under Secretary for Food and Nutrition Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C.

Panel II

Melinda Turner
President, American School Food Service Association
Booneville, KY

Linda Locke
Director of Public Policy, Community Coordinated Child Care
Louisville, KY

Karen Ford
Director, Food Bank of Iowa
Des Moines, IA
 accompanied by:
 Ellen Teller,
 Food Research and Action Center, Washington, D.C.

Robert Greenstein
Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Washington, D.C.