SPEAKER INDEX    CONTENTS   INSERTS   
CHENOWETH-HAGE    10     41     42     43     50     70     77     78  
                79     80     81     82     90     91     92     93  
CLAYTON         39     40     46  
COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN MEAT LABELING ACT     1  
COWAN           67  
GUTKNECHT       48     49     50  
HALL            52     74     75     76     79     80  
HAMMONDS        82     89  
HAYES           62     81  
JOHNSON         23  
KEITH WILLIAMS     4  
LANCE KOTSCHWAR     4  
LILYGREN        87     90     92  
MCDONNELL       64  
PETERSON         9     38     39     40     41     51     52     75     76  
                77  
POMBO            8     10     16     17     21     23     33     37     38  
                41     44     46     48     50     51     52     55     58  
                59     61     62     64     67     70     72     74     77  
                78     82     84     87     88     89      9     90     93  
POMEROY         10     21     44  
R                4  
RICE            71     75  
RIGOLIZZO       55     75  
SARASIN         84     89     91  
SIMS            58     59  
STENHOLM        17  
STEPHEN HATERIUS     4  
THE HONORABLE DAN GLICKMAN   140  
THUNE           18     46     47     48  
WILCOX          34     37     38     39     40     41     42     43     46  
                47     48     49     50     51  
WILLIAM E. O'CONNER, J     4  

CONTENTS    SPEAKERS   INSERTS   
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. RICHARD W. POMBO, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA
                                                                 PAGE     8

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. COLLIN C. PETERSON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF 
MINNESOTA
                                                                 PAGE     9

STATEMENT OF HON. HELEN CHENOWETH-HAGE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF IDAHO
                                                                 PAGE    10

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLES W. STENHOLM, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS
                                                                 PAGE    17

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN R. THUNE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH 
DAKOTA
                                                                 PAGE    17

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. EARL POMEROY, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
                                                                 PAGE    21

STATEMENT OF HON. TIM JOHNSON, A SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
                                                                 PAGE    23

STATEMENT OF CAREN A. WILCOX, DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY, FOOD SAFETY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                                                                 PAGE    34

STATEMENT OF GEORGE A. HALL, PRESIDENT NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION
                                                                 PAGE    52

STATEMENT OF JOHN RIGOLIZZO, PRESIDENT, NEW JERSEY FARM BUREAU
                                                                 PAGE    55

STATEMENT OF WES SIMS, PRESIDENT, TEXAS FARMERS UNION
                                                                 PAGE    58

STATEMENT OF JOHN V. HAYS, PRESIDENT, OREGON CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION, ROUSE BROTHERS RANCH
                                                                 PAGE    61

STATEMENT OF LEO R. MCDONNELL, JR., CATTLE RANCHER AND PRESIDENT, RANCHERS-CATTLEMEN ACTION LEGAL 
FUND
                                                                 PAGE    64

STATEMENT OF CAREN COWAN, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, NEW MEXICO CATTLE GROWERS' ASSOCIATION
                                                                 PAGE    67

STATEMENT OF LONETA RICE
                                                                 PAGE    71

STATEMENT OF TIM HAMMONDS, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, FOOD MARKETING INSTITUTE
                                                                 PAGE    82

STATEMENT OF LESLIE G. SARASIN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AMERICAN FROZEN FOOD 
INSTITUTE
                                                                 PAGE    84

STATEMENT OF SARA LILYGREN, SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT, LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, AMERICAN MEAT 
INSTITUTE
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