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

Panel I
The Honorable Stuart Eizenstat
Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State

The Honorable August Schumacher
Undersecretary for Farm & Foreign Agricultural Services
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Panel II
Charles J. O’Mara
President, O’Mara & Associates
Washington, D.C.

Paul Drazek
Senior Policy Advisor, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP
Washington, D.C.

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

Gary Turner
Farmer
on behalf of National Farmers Union
Burley, ID

Dick Bell
President and CEO, Riceland Foods
Stuttgart, AR

Herb Karst
President, National Barley Growers
Sunburst, MT

Mike Yost
President, American Soybean Association
Murdock, MN

Jim Matlack
Director, Washington Office, American Friends Service Committee
Washington, D.C.
 
 The hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 11 in SR-328A.