SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BACA 14 22 43 44 45 46 47 48 66 67 68 69 71 72 90 91 93 95 96 BALDACCI 12 54 55 56 57 58 BISHOP 10 11 12 13 14 21 BOWENS 97 98 99 BRENT W. GATTIS 5 BRYSON 36 37 38 39 40 43 44 45 49 50 68 69 71 BURRELL 104 CARRILLO 94 CLAYTON 9 17 20 41 43 59 61 62 63 64 65 66 70 89 97 98 99 100 115 CONYERS 89 114 COOKSEY 15 31 32 33 DYCKMAN 33 35 40 45 46 47 51 GALLEGOS 28 31 32 33 36 37 40 41 42 43 44 47 50 51 53 54 56 57 58 61 62 64 66 67 68 71 GARCIA 76 80 88 90 91 96 99 GONZALEZ 91 93 GOODLATTE 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 22 25 26 27 31 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 49 50 54 55 59 66 69 70 71 72 76 80 87 88 89 97 99 100 101 104 107 110 114 115 GRANT 101 HILLIARD 26 KEITH WILLIAMS 4 LANCE KOTSCHWAR 4 LITTLE 47 51 52 53 57 64 65 66 68 70 72 LUCAS 110 MOORE 99 PENNICK 73 76 91 95 97 R 4 STENHOLM 26 STEPHEN HATERIUS 4 THOMPSON 13 25 49 50 51 52 53 54 WILLIAM E. O'CONNER, J 4 WISE 80 87 95 ZIPPERT 107 110 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB GOODLATTE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA PAGE 15 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. EVA M. CLAYTON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PAGE 17 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA PAGE 20 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOE BACA, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PAGE 22 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PAGE 25 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLES W. STENHOLM, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS PAGE 26 STATEMENT OF LOU GALLEGOS, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 28 STATEMENT OF LAWRENCE J. DYCKMAN, DIRECTOR, NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PAGE 33 STATEMENT OF BEN BURKETT, FARMER, PETAL, MS, PRESENTED BY EDWARD PENNICK PAGE 73 STATEMENT OF LUPE L. GARCIA, FARMER, LAS CRUCES, NM PAGE 76 STATEMENT OF DOROTHY J. MONROE WISE, FARMER, WHITAKERS, NC PAGE 80 STATEMENT OF GARY R. GRANT, FOUNDING MEMBER, BLACK FARMERS AND AGRICULTURISTS ASSOCIATION, TILLERY, NC PAGE 100 STATEMENT OF TOM BURRELL, FOUNDING MEMBER, BLACK FARMERS AND AGRICULTURALISTS ASSOCIATION, COVINGTON, TN PAGE 104 STATEMENT OF JOHN ZIPPERT, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN COOPERATIVES, LAND ASSISTANCE FUND, EPES, AL PAGE 107 STATEMENT OF LAWRENCE C. LUCAS, PRESIDENT, COALITION OF MINORITY EMPLOYEES, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 110 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS