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