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Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Chairman Richard G. Lugar
Witness List
July 26, 2000
8:30 a.m. SH-216 Hart
Opening Statement by Chairman Richard G. Lugar
United States Senator for Indiana
The Honorable Craig Thomas
Senator, State of Wyoming
The Honorable Byron L. Dorgan
Senator, State of North Dakota
The Honorable John Breaux
Senator, State of Louisiana
The Honorable Patsy Mink
Representative, State of Hawaii
U. S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Dan Miller
Representative, State of Florida
U.S. House of Representatives
PANEL I
The Honorable August Schumacher, Jr.
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC
Accompanied by: Keith Collins
Chief Economist
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mrs. Carol Brick-Turin
CBT Consulting
Annandale, VA
PANEL II
The Honorable Ira Shapiro
Coalition for Sugar Reform
Washington, DC
Mr. Arthur S. Jaeger, Assistant Director
Consumer Federation of America
Washington, DC
Mr. Nicholas Kominus, President
U.S. Cane Sugar Refiners' Association
Washington, DC
Mr. Tom Hammer, President
Sweetner Users Association
Falls Church, VA
Mr. Mark Perry, Executive Director
Florida Oceanographic Society
Stuart, FL
Ms. Shannon Estenoz, on behalf of the
World Wildlife Fund and the Everglades Coalition
Washington, DC
PANEL III
Mr. Ray VanDreissche, President
American Sugarbeet Growers Association
Bay City, MI
Mr. James J. Horvath
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Crystal Sugar Company
Moorhead, MN
Mr. Alan Kennett
President and General Manager
Gay & Robinson, Inc.
Kaumakani, Kauai, HI
Mr. Jack Lay, President
Refined Sugars, Inc.
Yonkers, NY
Accompanied by Jack Roney
Director of Economics and Policy Analysis
American Sugar Alliance