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Legal Challenges to Agricultural Promotion Programs
Roundtable Discussion
July
22, 2002
2:00pm
Senate
Agriculture Committee Hearing Room
328 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
Opening Remarks:
Mr. A. Mario Castillo, Executive Director, The Dairy Trade Coalition
Moderator:
Mr. Jerry Hagstrom, Agriculture Contributing Editor,
National Journal
Panelists:
Dr. Enrique Figueroa, Former Deputy Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory
Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mr. Chandler Keys, Vice President, Public Policy, National Cattleman’s
Beef Association
Ms. Laura Phelps, President American Mushroom Institute
Mr. Eric Schippers, Executive Director, Center for Individual
Freedom, accompanied by Mr. Benjamin Yale, Esq., and Mr.
Erik Jaffe, Esq.
Topic:
An
examination of the circumstances behind the barrage of legal challenges to
many generic agricultural commodity checkoff programs in the last decade.
What are the underlying causes of discontent among the grassroots
beneficiaries of these programs and why are disgruntled producers
resorting to lawsuits claiming a violation of the First Amendment?
Format:
Each panelist will speak for about 5 minutes. After all the panelists
have spoken, the audience will have a chance to ask questions.
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