FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Release #106-474

October 2, 2000

SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON TRADE POLICY

Governor Jesse Ventura to Testify

WASHINGTON -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman William V. Roth, Jr. (R-DE) today announced that the Subcommittee on International Trade of the Finance Committee, under the chairmanship of Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-IA), will meet on Thursday, October 5, 2000 at 11:00 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear testimony regarding trade policy challenges in 2001.

The following witnesses are scheduled to appear before the Subcommittee:

I. A panel consisting of:

The Honorable Jesse Ventura, Governor from Minnesota

II. A panel consisting of:

Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International, New York, NY

Jeff Lang, Former Deputy United States Trade Representative, Washington, DC

Craig Thorn, Senior Agricultural Policy Advisor, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP, Washington, DC

III. A panel consisting of:

Tom Buffenbarger, President, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Upper Marlboro, MD

Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth, Washington, DC

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Written Statements: Any individuals or organizations wanting to present their views on these hearings to the Committee are urged to submit a typewritten, single-spaced statement, not exceeding 10 pages in length, for inclusion in the hearing record. The date and subject of the hearing must appear on the first page of the statement. Five copies of the statement should be mailed to the Editorial Section, United States Senate, Committee on Finance, Washington, D.C. 20510, and also to David Podoff, Minority Staff Director, United States Senate, Committee on Finance, Washington, D.C. 20510. Statements must be received no later than noon on Friday, October 20, 2000. Written statements must also be submitted on diskette in a format that can be read by personal computers (plain ASCII text is preferred; other formats will be accepted -- please identify format).