Opening Statement for Chairman Richard G. Lugar
   U.S. Senator for Indiana

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

       Witness List
            USDA OIG Crop Insurance Reform Report
            April 21,1999

Roger C. Viadero
Office of the Inspector General
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C.
                     Accompanied by: James Ebbitt
                    Assistant Inspector General for Audit

Ken Ackerman
Administrator, Risk Management Agency
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C.
 

Ron Brichler
Chairman of the Board, National Crop Insurance Services
Member, Board of Directors of the American Association of Crop Insurers
Overland Park, Kansas
 

Lawrence J. Dyckman
Director Food and Agriculture Issues
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division
General Accounting Office
Washington, D.C.
                     Accompanied by: Thomas Cooke
                                                Senior Evaluator, GAO