July 17,2001

Baucus Announces Subcommittee on International Trade Hearing on Trade Adjustment Assistance


Hearing: Subcommittee on International Trade - Trade Adjustment Assistance
Date/Time: July 20, 2001, at 9:30 a.m.
Location: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Description: Congressional authorization for the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program expires at the end of September 2001. The Subcommittee on International Trade will hold a hearing on Friday, July 20 to discuss the existing program and proposed changes.

Witness List

A Panel Consisting of:

Loren Yager, Director, International Affairs and Trade, General Accounting Office, Washington,DC;

Lori Kletzer, University of California at Santa Cruz and the Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC;

A Panel Consisting of:

Cindy Arnold, Executive Director, El Puente Community Development Corporation, El Paso,Texas;

Robert Rhodes, Director of Customized Training, Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell,Roswell, New Mexico;

Robert Carlson, President, North Dakota National Farmer’s Union, North Dakota