Washington, D.C. - Today the House Committee on Foreign Affairs will be holding a hearing on

Human Rights and Democracy Assistance:
Increasing the Effectiveness of U.S. Foreign Aid

Thursday, June 10, 2010
9:30 A.M. EST (6:30 A.M. PST)
Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building
Click below to watch video of Chairman Berman's opening statement.
You can also read full text of the opening statement here.

Witnesses:
Jennifer L. Windsor (testimony)
Executive Director
Freedom House

Thomas Carothers, J.D. (testimony)
Vice President for Studies
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Elisa Massimino, J.D. (testimony)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Human Rights First

The Honorable Lorne W. Craner (testimony)
President
International Republican Institute
(Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor)