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Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Members

MAJORITY

Chair: Rosa DeLauro (CT)
Maurice D. Hinchey (NY)
Sam Farr (CA)
Allen Boyd (FL)
Sanford Bishop (GA)
Marcy Kaptur (OH)
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (IL)
Steven R. Rothman (NJ)
Dave Obey (WI), Ex Officio

MINORITY

Ranking Member:
Jack Kingston (GA)

Tom Latham (IA)
Jo Ann Emerson (MO)
Ray LaHood (IL)
Rodney Alexander (LA)
Jerry Lewis (CA), Ex Officio

Rosa DeLauro (CT), Chair

Rosa DeLauro (CT), Chair

Martha Foley, Subcommittee Clerk
Room 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-6016
Phone: 202.225.2638

Events

09/17/08
Hearing
Food Safety
2:00 PM, 2362-A Rayburn
David Acheson, Associate Commissioner for Foods, FDA
Jeffrey Levi, Executive Director, Trust for America’s Health
Greg Murray, Murray Farms, GA
Michael R. Taylor, Research Professor of Health Policy, School of Public Health, The George Washington University

*** POSTPONED ***
07/30/08
Hearing
Food Safety
1:30 PM, 2362-A Rayburn
Stephen F. Sundlof, Director, FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
Jeffrey Levi, Executive Director, Trust for America’s Health
Gibbs Patrick, Jr., Gibbs Patrick Farms, Inc., GA
Michael R. Taylor, Research Professor of Health Policy, School of Public Health, The George Washington University

07/10/08
Hearing
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
11:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn
Walter Lukken, Acting Chairman, CFTC
Tom Devine, Independent Connecticut Petroleum Association and the New England Fuel Institute
Johnathan Short, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Intercontinental Exchange
Mark Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America
Michael Greenberger, Law School Professor and Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, University of Maryland

06/19/08
Subcommittee Markup
12:00 PM, 2362-A Rayburn

04/10/08
Hearing
Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services 
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn
Mark E. Keenum, Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA

04/09/08
Hearing
Marketing and Regulatory Programs
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn
Bruce I. Knight, Under Secretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs

04/03/08
Hearing
Natural Resources Conservation Service Budget
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn
Mark E. Rey, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, USDA

04/02/08
Hearing
Food and Drug Administration
11:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn
Jesse L. Goodman, Director, Center for Biologics, Evaluation and Research

04/01/08
Hearing
Rural Development
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn
Thomas Dorr, Under Secretary for Rural Development, USDA

03/13/08
Hearing
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Budget
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn
Nancy Montanez Johner, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

03/11/08
Hearing
Research, Education and Economics Budget
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn
Gale A. Buchanan, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education and Economics

03/06/08
Hearing
Food Safety and Inspection
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn
Richard Raymond, Under Secretary for Food Safety

02/28/08
Hearing
U.S. Department of Agriculture Oversight
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn
Phyllis Fong, Inspector General

02/27/08
Hearing
Drug Safety
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn
Janet Woodcock, M.D., Deputy Commissioner for Scientific and Medical Programs, Chief Medical Officer and Acting Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Sidney M. Wolfe, M.D., Director, Health Research, Group of Public Citizen
John H. Powers, III, M.D. FACP FIDSA, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and University of Maryland School of Medicine
John E. Calfee, Resident Scholar, The American Enterprise Institute

02/13/08
Hearing
Department of Agriculture Budget
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn
Edward Schafer, Secretary of Agriculture


Events 2007


Resources

2008 Bill – HR 3161
Text, Congressional Action, Status

2008 Bill – Public Law 110-161
Bill Text and Explanatory Statement, including Earmarks & Congressional Directed Spending

Instructions for
 Submitting Written
 Testimony

Previous Bills

Jurisdiction


Department of Agriculture (Except Forest Service)

Farm Credit Administration

Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Food and Drug Administration (HHS)