WITNESS LIST

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW



HEARING ON

H.R. 744, A BILL TO RESCIND THE CONSENT OF CONGRESS TO

THE NORTHEAST INTERSTATE DAIRY COMPACT

H.R. 1604, "DAIRY CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS PROTECTION ACT"



2141 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING

THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1999, 10:00 A.M.



PANEL I



Honorable Russell D. Feingold

United States Senator of the State of Wisconsin



Honorable Mary L. Landrieu

United States Senator of the State of Louisiana



Honorable Charles E. Schumer

United States Senator of the State of New York



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Honorable Tommy G. Thompson

Governor of the State of Wisconsin



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Leon C. Graves

Commissioner of the Vermont Department of

Agriculture, Food and Markets

Montpelier, Vermont



PANEL II



Subpanel A: Farmer Perspective



Jay Kopp

Middletown, Pennsylvania



David Krug

representing the Family Dairies USA

Owen, Wisconsin



Albert Simmons

representing the National Family Farm Coalition

Flemingsburg, Kentucky



Wayne Bok

President

Associated Milk Products, Inc.

representing the Upper Mid-West Dairy Coalition

Geddes, South Dakota



Subpanel B: Processor Perspective



Gary A. Corbett

Vice President

Governmental and Dairy Industry Relations

Dean Foods Company

Franklin Park, Illinois



James Green

Vice President and General Manager

Maola Milk & Ice Cream Company

New Bern, North Carolina



Scott Charlton

Vice President, Manufacturing

Publix Supermarkets, Incorporated

representing the Food Marketing Institute

Lakeland, Florida



Charles Parker

General Manager and Chief Operating Officer

Gold Star Dairy

Little Rock, Arkansas



Subpanel C: Consumer Perspective



Mae S. Schmidle

Chair

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact Commission

Newtown, Connecticut



John Frydenlund

Director

Center for International Food & Agriculture Policy

Citizens Against Government Waste

Washington, D.C.



Kathy Lawrence

Executive Director

Just Food

New York, New York



Arthur S. Jaegar

Assistant Director

Consumer Federation of America

Washington, D.C.



Gregg Engles

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Suiza Foods Corporation

Dallas, Texas



PANEL III



Daniel Smith

Former Executive Director

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact Commission

Montpelier, Vermont



Steven J. Rosenbaum

Partner

Covington & Burling

Washington, D.C.



Doctor Bill Thomas

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia



Professor Robert M. Dunn, Jr.

Department of Economics

George Washington University

Washington, D.C.



Geoffrey Covert

Senior Vice President and President, Manufacturing

Kroger Supermarkets

representing the Food Marketing Institute

Cincinnati, Ohio