4-19-11 Field Hearing "Regulatory Impediments To Job Creation: Assessing The Cumulative Impact Of EPA Regulation On Farmers"

Listening to America’s Job Creators: Salinas Agriculture Forum

Title: Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation: Assessing the Cumulative Impact of EPA Regulation on America’s Farmers

Hosted by: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif., Ranking Member of the Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies will join Chairman Issa on the dais.

Date/Time: TUESDAY, APRIL 19th at 8:30 a.m. PST

Location: Salinas City Council Chambers, 200 Lincoln Avenue, Salinas, CA.

Description: This hearing continues the Committee’s ongoing examination of regulatory impediments to job creation by looking into the impact Environmental Protection Agency actions have had on America’s farmers and other agriculture job creators. Chairman Issa is encouraging job creators from across California and the nation to visit http://www.AmericanJobCreators.com and share their story.

Witnesses:

• Tom Nassif, President and CEO, Western Growers Association

• Jim Bogart, President, Grower-Shippers Association of Central California

• Richard B. Smith, Owner Paraiso Vineyards

• Mike Jarrard, President and CEO, Mann Packing Co.

• Norm Groot, Executive Director, Monterey Farm Bureau

• Mark Murai, President, California Strawberry Commission and 3rd generation grower

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