(February 24, 2000)
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest (R-Texas) and Ranking Minority Member Charlie Stenholm (D-Texas) today announced the final schedule of farm policy field hearings in 10 cities in regions from March through May, encouraging producers to submit detailed proposals for agricultural policy. The regional hearings are convened exclusively for producers to describe specific policy issues and to respond to Ag Committee Members' questions about how producers want those problems addressed.
Locations and dates are designed to focus on the specific concerns of producers within each of the Plains, Midwest, Southeast, Northeast and Western regions in March, April and May.
City
Location
Date/Time
Lubbock, Texas
Civic Center Banquet Hall
March 6th 9:00 a.m.
Memphis, Tennessee
Agricenter International,
March 17th 10:00 a.m.
Banquet Room
Auburn, Alabama
Auburn University Hotel and
March 18th 10:00 a.m.
Conference Center
Raleigh, North Carolina
NC State University,
March 27th 9:00 a.m.
McKimmon Center Area 1
West Chester, Ohio
Lakota East High School
April 1st
10:00 a.m.
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Kutztown University
April 3rd
9:00 a.m.
Sacramento (Woodland), California
Heidrick Ag History Center
May 1st
8:30 a.m.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Augustana College,
May 2nd
8:30 a.m.
Humanities Building
Boise, Idaho
City Council Building,
May 12th
10:00 a.m.
Lesbois Room
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria Civic Center,
May 13th
8:30 a.m.
Exhibit Hall B
Maps and driving directions to each site are available through the Committee’s web page -- agriculture.house.gov. Audio for each field hearings will also be carried through this web site.