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      AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND
                    RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2018

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                                     HEARINGS

                                     BEFORE A

                               SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

                           COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                          ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

                                  FIRST SESSION

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          SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG
                      ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                      ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama, Chairman

      KEVIN YODER, Kansas                SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia
      THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida          ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
      DAVID G. VALADAO, California       CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine
      ANDY HARRIS, Maryland              MARK POCAN, Wisconsin
      DAVID YOUNG, Iowa
      STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi

      NOTE: Under committee rules, Mr. Frelinghuysen, as chairman of the
    full committee, and Mrs. Lowey, as ranking minority member of the full
    committee, are authorized to sit as members of all subcommittees.

                     Tom O'Brien, Pam Miller, Andrew Cooper,
                        Justin Masucci, and Elizabeth King
                                Subcommittee Staff

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                 RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey, Chairman

      HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky \1\             NITA M. LOWEY, New York
      ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama             MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
      KAY GRANGER, Texas                      PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
      MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho               JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
      JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas             ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
      JOHN R. CARTER, Texas                   DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
      KEN CALVERT, California                 LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
      TOM COLE, Oklahoma                      SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia
      MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida              BARBARA LEE, California
      CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania           BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
      TOM GRAVES, Georgia                     TIM RYAN, Ohio
      KEVIN YODER, Kansas                     C. A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland
      STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas                  DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
      JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska              HENRY CUELLAR, Texas
      THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida               CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine
      CHARLES J. FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee       MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois
      JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington       DEREK KILMER, Washington
      DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio                    MATT CARTWRIGHT, Pennsylvania
      DAVID G. VALADAO, California            GRACE MENG, New York
      ANDY HARRIS, Maryland                   MARK POCAN, Wisconsin
      MARTHA ROBY, Alabama                    KATHERINE M. CLARK, Massachusetts
      MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada                  PETE AGUILAR, California
      CHRIS STEWART, Utah
      DAVID YOUNG, Iowa
      EVAN H. JENKINS, West Virginia
      STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi
      DAN NEWHOUSE, Washington
      JOHN R. MOOLENAAR, Michigan
      SCOTT TAYLOR, Virginia
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      \1\}Chairman Emeritus

                       Nancy Fox, Clerk and Staff Director

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    AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND
                    RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2018

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