Noxious Weeds and Plant Pests Hearing
Tuesday, May 18, 1999
9:00 in S328A Russell
Opening Statement by Chairman Larry E. Craig
Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Panel I
The Honorable Daniel Akaka
Panel II
Craig A. Reed
Administrator
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Department of Agriculture
William Brown
Secretary's Science Advisor
Office of the Secretary
Department of the Interior
The Honorable Mike Dombeck
Chief
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Panel III
The Honorable John C. Watkins III
Member of Virginia Senate
President, Watkins Nurseries Inc.
Frank Priestley
President
Idaho Farm Bureau
Elizabeth A. Chornesky
Director of Stewardship
The Nature Conservancy
Gene Cross
Plant Pest Administrator
North Carolina Department of Agriculture