Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. TIMOTHY K. SANDERS, JOHN J. ZIOLKOWSKI, MARTIN DELGADO, and JOANNE L. ORNDORFF, FARM AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES PROGRAMS AND FOOD SAFETY PROGRAMS Printed for the use of the Committee on AppropriatiREPOSITORY | JUN 16 1998 Stanford University Jonsson Librar AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND JOE SKEEN, New Mexico, Chairman JAMES T. WALSH, New York JAY DICKEY, Arkansas JACK KINGSTON, Georgia MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio JOSÉ E. SERRANO, New York GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington ROSA L. DELAURO, Connecticut HENRY BONILLA, Texas TOM LATHAM, Iowa NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking TIMOTHY K. SANDERS, JOHN J. ZIOLKOWSKI, MARTIN DELGADO, and JOANNE L. ORNDORFF, Staff Assistants PART 5 FARM AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES PROGRAMS AND FOOD SAFETY PROGRAMS Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Farm Service Agency Foreign Agricultural Service Risk Management Agency U.S. Agency for International Development— Public Law 480 Food Safety Page 1 675 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois RON PACKARD, California CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan JAY DICKEY, Arkansas JACK KINGSTON, Georgia MIKE PARKER, Mississippi RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM, California TODD TIAHRT, Kansas ZACH WAMP, Tennessee TOM LATHAM, Iowa DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado NANCY PELOSI, California PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina CHET EDWARDS, Texas ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, JR., Alabama ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director (II) AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1998 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1998. FARM AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES WITNESSES AUGUST SCHUMACHER, JR., UNDER SECRETARY, FARM AND FOREIGN KEITH KELLY, ADMINISTRATOR, FARM SERVICE AGENCY LON HATAMIYA, ADMINISTRATOR, FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE STEPHEN B. DEWHURST, BUDGET OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OPENING REMARKS Mr. SKEEN. Good afternoon. Today we have with us the Honorable August Schumacher, Jr.I think he likes to be known as Gus-the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services-known by his former colleagues at Harvard and London School of Economics as just plain Gus. That's a pretty good group of folks to be "Gus" to. Mr. Schumacher is responsible for managing a wide number of programs of great importance to this committee including the activities of the Farm Service Agency, the Risk Management Agency, the General Sales Manager, and the Foreign Agricultural Service. In addition, we also have with us Mr. Len Rogers who is in charge of the International Food Aid Programs at the Agency for International Development. Mr. Rogers manages about $870 million in P.L. 480 title II and III programs, which are under the jurisdiction of this subcommittee. We have a lot of ground to cover this afternoon so I'll turn the hearing over to Mr. Schumacher for introductions and an opening statement. UNDER SECRETARY'S OPENING STATEMENT Mr. SCHUMACHER. Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. It's great to be back here. This is my first appearance before you in my new position. Ken Ackerman is with us. He's the most experienced (1) |