Opening statement of Ranking Democratic Member Tom Harkin
United States Senator for Iowa

The Honorable Dan Glickman
Secretary of Agriculture
U. S. Department of Agriculture

Hon. Dan Reicher
Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
U.S. Department of Energy

Panel I

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

Professor  Bruce Dale
Chair, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Mike Shuter
Chairman, Indiana Corn Growers Association
Frankton, Indiana
(representing National Corn Growers Association)

John Sellers
Farmer
Corydon, Iowa

Professor Lee Lynd
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire

Panel II

Jeff Fiedler
Climate Policy Specialist, Natural Resources Defense Council
Washington, D.C.

Steve Clemmer
Senior ENergy Analyst
Union of Concerned Scientists
Cambridge, MA

Dr. Karl Sanford
Vice President, Technology Development, Genencor International Inc.
Palo Alto, California

Dr. Robert Dorsch
Director, Biotechnology Development,  DuPont Central Research
Wilmington, Delaware