Subcommittee Reviews Food Aid and Agricultural Trade Programs

The following press release was published by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 11, 2007. It is reproduced in full below.

Yesterday, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review food aid and agriculture trade programs operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Congressman Mike McIntyre of North Carolina is Chairman of the Subcommittee.

Witness testimony is available on the Committee website at http://democrats-agriculture.house.gov/hearings/index.html. A full transcript of the hearing will be posted on the Committee website in 4-6 weeks.

http://democrats-agriculture.house.gov

Source: House Committee on Agriculture