Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) has announced the following witnesses for a committee hearing next week on avian influenza. The hearing, entitled “Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: The Impact of the U.S. Poultry Sector and Protecting U.S. Flocks,” is scheduled for Tuesday, July 7 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time in room 328A of the Russell Senate Office building.
Witnesses include:
- John Clifford, deputy administrator, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services
- David Swayne, laboratory director, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, USDA’s Agricultural Research Service
- James Dean, chairman, United Egg Producers
- Ken Klippen, president, National Association of Egg Farmers
- Brad Moline, manager, owner, Moline Farms LLC
- Rob Knecht, president, vice president of operations, Michigan Allied Poultry Industries and Konos, Inc.
- Thomas Elam, president, FarmEcon LLC
