AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD HEARINGS BEFORE A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE JUN 25.1996 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. TIMOTHY K. SANDERS, CAROL MURPHY, and JOHN J. ZIOLKOWSKI, Staff Assistants United State AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. TIMOTHY K. SANDERS, CAROL MURPHY, and JOHN J. ZIOLKOWSKI, Staff Assistants For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-052713-9 A628 1996 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania JOHN T. MYERS, Indiana C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida JERRY LEWIS, California JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois JIM KOLBE, Arizona BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada JIM LIGHTFOOT, Iowa RON PACKARD, California CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan JAY DICKEY, Arkansas JACK KINGSTON, Georgia FRANK RIGGS, California MIKE PARKER, Mississippi RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania VIC FAZIO, California W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado NANCY PELOSI, California PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA, Pennsylvania ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director (II) 96-164068 AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1997 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1996. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FARM AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES WITNESSES EUGENE MOOS, UNDER SECRETARY, FARM AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES GRANT B. BUNTROCK, ADMINISTRATOR, FARM SERVICE AGENCY AUGUST SCHUMACHER, JR., ADMINISTRATOR, FOREIGN AGRICUL TURAL SERVICE LOU ANNE KLING, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR FARM CREDIT PROGRAMS, FARM SERVICE AGENCY KENNETH D. ACKERMAN, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR RISK MANAGEMENT, FARM SERVICE AGENCY DAVID C. HALL, DIRECTOR, BUDGET DIVISION, FARM SERVICE AGENCY TIMOTHY J. GALVIN, ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR, FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE CHRISTOPHER E. GOLDTHWAIT, GENERAL SALES MANAGER HAL WYNNE, CHIEF, INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS BRANCH, BUDGET DIVISION, FARM SERVICE AGENCY Mr. SKEEN. I apologize for not having more members here today. Everybody is in conference. They are going to conference. They are out of conference. There is a lot going on. Secretary Moos, I want to welcome you here today. I think you represent the biggest agency that will come before us, the Farm Service Agency. You also have the Foreign Agricultural Service. We all appreciate the fine work that they do. Agriculture is our biggest-balance of trade. I will turn this over to you, Mr. Secretary, to make your statement and then we will have some questions for you. INTRODUCTION OF WITNESSES Secretary Moos. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased, as are as my colleagues here, to appear before you this afternoon to discuss our 1997 budget and program proposals. I am accompanied today by a number of agency officials whom I would like to introduce at this time. I will start on my left and to your right with Gus Schumacher, Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service. Of course you (1) |