Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Senator Richard G. Lugar, Chairman

Hearing to Examine the Kyoto Treaty on Climate Change
and Its Effect on the Agricultural Economy
Thursday, March 5, 1998

Opening Statement by Chairman Richard Lugar, U.S. Senator for Indiana

Opening Statement by Ranking Democratic Member Tom Harkin, U.S. Senator for Iowa

The Honorable Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator from Oregon

PANEL I

The Honorable Stuart E. Eizenstat
Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C.

The Honorable Richard Rominger
Deputy Secretary
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C.

The Honorable Janet L. Yellen
Chairperson
President’s Council of Economic Advisors
Washington, D.C.

PANEL II

Dean Kleckner
President
American Farm Bureau Federation
Washington, D.C.

Fred Krupp
Executive Director
Environmental Defense Fund
New York, NY

Mary Novak
Senior Vice President
WEFA, Inc. (Wharton Econometrics)
Burlington, MA

Marty Strange
Senior Fellow
Center for Rural Affairs
Walthill, NE