SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS ARGO 65 73 75 BARRETT 7 9 11 14 17 18 19 20 23 25 28 31 34 37 38 41 43 45 47 49 51 52 53 56 59 62 65 67 68 69 70 71 73 76 BERRY 49 51 BEYER 11 14 17 21 22 36 37 50 BISHOP 41 CAMPBELL 62 68 70 74 CLAYTON 34 35 36 37 COLLINS 17 18 19 20 46 47 51 52 53 FRESHWATER 59 70 72 73 GOLDBERG 57 JENKINS 25 26 27 28 41 KEITH WILLIAMS 4 LANCE KOTSCHWAR 4 MAZUR 14 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 38 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 MCCLURE 54 68 70 71 75 76 MINGE 8 20 21 22 23 71 73 MORAN 73 74 75 76 OSE 37 38 39 40 PHELPS 28 30 R 4 SMITH 31 32 33 34 STENHOLM 23 STEPHEN HATERIUS 4 THOMPSON 45 46 47 THUNE 43 44 45 WILLIAM E. O'CONNER, J 4 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BILL BARRETT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEBRASKA PAGE 7 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. DAVID MINGE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA PAGE 8 STATEMENT OF WALLY BEYER, ADMINISTRATOR, RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, ACCOMPANIED BY KEITH COLLINS, CHIEF ECONOMIST, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 11 STATEMENT OF MARK MAZUR, ACTING DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF POLICY, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PAGE 14 STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLES W. STENHOLM, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS PAGE 23 STATEMENT BY JOHN McCLURE, VICE-PRESIDENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, COLUMBUS, NE PAGE 54 STATEMENT OF GARY GOLDBERG, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AMERICAN CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING THE ALLIANCE FOR RURAL AMERICA PAGE 57 STATEMENT OF DAVID FRESHWATER, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON, KY PAGE 59 STATEMENT OF CHARLES CAMPBELL, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS, MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS PAGE 62 STATEMENT OF GENE ARGO, PRESIDENT, MIDWEST ENERGY, INC., HAYS, KS PAGE 65 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS