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hearing schedule
Hearing/Meeting: Discussion of the Pet Animal Welfare Statute (PAWS)
  Nutrition and Food Assistnce, Sustainable and Organic Agriculture, and General Legislation Subcommittee
 
Date & Time Tuesday, November 8 2005
2:30 PM
Location Room G-50 (Ground floor, Room 50) Dirksen Building
   
Description Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), subcommittee chairman
   
Witnesses & Opening Statements
   
Panel 1
     
  Ron Menaker
Chairman
American Kennel Club

  Dr. Henry E. Childers
President
American Veterinary Medical Association

  John E. Hoffman, Esq.
dog fancier


  Michael Maddox
Legislative Director
Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council

Panel 2
     
  Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
Humane Society of the United States

  Sara Amundson
Legislative Director
Doris Day Animal League

  Norma Worley
Director, Animal Welfare Program
Maine Department of Agriculture

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