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hearing schedule
Hearing/Meeting: Review the implementation of the sugar program
  Full Committee Hearing
 
Date & Time Wednesday, May 10 2006
10:00 AM
Location Hart Building - Room 216
   
Description Audio replay of the 2 hour hearing.
Free download of audio software.
   
Witnesses & Opening Statements
   
   
  Chairman Saxby Chambliss

Panel 1
     
  Dr. J.B. Penn
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
United States Department of Agriculture

Panel 2
     
  John C. Roney
Director of Economics & Policy Analysis
American Sugar Alliance

  Dr. Margaret Blamberg
Executive Director
American Cane Sugar Refiners’ Association

  Robert A. Peiser
President and CEO
Imperial Sugar Company

  Joe Goehring
Director of Commodity Operations
The Hershey Company

  Mrinal Roy
General Overseas Representative
Mauritius Sugar Syndicate and Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture

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