SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS AMERICAN APPAREL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION 177 AMERICAN COTTON SHIPPERS ASSOCIATION 177 AMERICAN TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE 177 BEACHEY 88 99 101 104 105 COLLINS 85 CONDIT 3 19 20 21 22 41 42 69 70 71 75 76 99 100 101 104 106 107 DEAR AMBASSADOR BARSHEFSKY 175 ETHERIDGE 31 32 34 49 50 51 EWING 1 6 8 9 13 16 17 18 22 23 25 26 29 31 34 37 38 39 40 42 43 46 49 51 55 59 62 65 66 67 68 69 71 73 75 76 81 82 85 88 92 96 98 99 GALVIN 13 18 19 23 26 28 29 36 39 41 42 GIDDINGS 81 82 96 106 GOODE 73 74 75 HALL 52 72 73 74 HARDWICK 55 69 70 71 LUCAS 30 102 103 104 107 MEEUSEN 76 77 98 MORAN 46 48 49 71 72 73 MURPHY 8 13 21 22 30 35 37 38 39 40 44 46 47 48 49 NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA 177 NATIONAL COTTON SEED PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION 177 PARRY 25 PINE 59 67 68 69 70 71 72 75 76 POMEROY 26 29 43 45 46 SAMPSON 37 SCHUMACHER 9 16 20 21 22 24 25 32 33 36 39 40 41 42 43 47 49 50 51 SIMPSON 34 36 37 SMITH 23 24 25 26 42 43 STENHOLM 19 20 THE HONORABLE CHARLENE BARSHEFSKY 175 THORNTON 92 100 102 103 107 YOST 62 65 66 67 70 73 75 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. THOMAS W. EWING, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOS PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. GARY A. CONDIT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PAGE 3 STATEMENT OF GARY HALL, PRESIDENT, KANSAS FARM BUREAU, ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION PAGE 51 STATEMENT OF JON JAY HARDWICK, COTTON PRODUCER, NEWELLTON, LA; ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL PAGE 55 STATEMENT OF ROGER PINE, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAGE 59 STATEMENT OF MIKE YOST, PRESIDENT, AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION PAGE 62 STATEMENT OF RONALD MEEUSEN, DOW AGROSCIENCES, ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN CROP PROTECTION ASSOCIATION PAGE 76 STATEMENT OF L. VAL GIDDINGS, VICE-PRESIDENT, FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION PAGE 81 STATEMENT OF HARRY COLLINS, DELTA AND PINE LAND COMPANY, ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION PAGE 85 STATEMENT OF ROGER N. BEACHEY, PRESIDENT, DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL ON AGRICULTURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PAGE 88 STATEMENT OF JAMES E. THORNTON, VICE-PRESIDENT, AGRICULTURE, DEMEGEN INC., SCOTT, MO, ON BEHALF OF THE INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS PAGE 92 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING