Full Committee Hearing

Nutrition Programs: Perspectives for the 2018 Farm Bill

Date: Thursday, September 14, 2017 Time: 09:30 AM Location: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

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Witnesses

Panel 1

  1. Mr. Brandon Lipps
    Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Administratior, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
    Food and Nutrition Service, US Department of Agriculture
    Washington , D.C.
  2. Mr. Gil Harden
    Assistant Inspector General for Audit
    Office of Inspector General, US Department of Agriculture
    Washington , D.C.
  3. Ms. Ann M. Coffey (Please Refer to Mr. Harden's Testimony)
    Assistant Inspector General of Investigations
    Office of Inspector General, US Department of Agriculture
    Washington , D.C.

Panel 2

  1. Mr. Sam Schaeffer
    Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
    Center for Employment Opportunities
    New York , NY
  2. Mr. Bryan Parker
    Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma
    Tulsa , OK
  3. Mr. Jimmy Wright
    President
    Wright's Markets, Inc.
    Opelika , AL
  4. Dr. Diane Schanzenbach
    Director and Margaret Walker ALexander Professor
    Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University
    Evanston , IL
  5. Mr. Brian Riendeau
    Executive Director
    Dare to Care Food Bank
    Louisville , KY