United States, Congress. Senate.
Appropriations.

Congress. Senate. Committee

AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1976

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AGRICULTURE
AND RELATED AGENCIES PROGRAMS FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1976, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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WASHINGTON: 1975

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1976

TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1975

U.S. SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE of the Committee on AppROPRIATIONS,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met at 10:03 a.m., in room 1224, Everett McKinley Dirksen Office Building, Hon. Gale W. McGee (chairman) presiding.

Present: Senators McGee, Young and Bellmon.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

STATEMENT OF HON. EARL L. BUTZ, SECRETARY OF AGRICUL-
TURE

ACCOMPANIED BY:

J. PHIL CAMPBELL, UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
JOSEPH R. WRIGHT, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRA-
TION

J. DAWSON AHALT, STAFF ECONOMIST

R. STANLEY HARSH, ACTING GENERAL COUNSEL, OFFICE OF
THE GENERAL COUNSEL

JEROME A. MILES, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE

OPENING REMARKS OF SENATOR MCGEE

Senator MCGEE. The subcommittee will come to order.

Mr. Secretary, on behalf of the subcommittee, I want to welcome you here this morning as the lead-off witness as we consider your departmental budget for the forthcoming fiscal year.

Last year, when you appeared before the subcommittee, I welcomed you with the comment that I was generally, impressed with your budget estimates. I thought they were realistic and practical, with some notable exceptions. Today, I regret that I cannot make that same observation.

From our preliminary but rather detailed analysis of your budget estimates, I have concluded that in many cases the estimates in the Administration's budget are obviously so far off the mark they are, for all practical purposes, meaningless to this subcommittee.

I think this is most unfortunate, because the Administration or the departmental proposals should serve as a part of the basis for these hearings. This subcommittee and the Congress, of course, have

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