COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE ROBERT F. (BOB) SMITH, Oregon, Chairman LARRY COMBEST, Texas, CHARLES W. STENHOLM, Texas, Vice Chairman Ranking Minority Member BILL BARRETT, Nebraska GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California JOHN A. BOEHNER, Ohio GARY A. CONDIT, California THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California CALVIN M. DOOLEY, California BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia EVA M. CLAYTON, North Carolina RICHARD W. POMBO, California DAVID MINGE, Minnesota CHARLES T. CANADY, Florida EARL F. HILLIARD, Alabama NICK SMITH, Michigan EARL POMEROY, North Dakota TERRY EVERETT, Alabama TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma SCOTTY BAESLER, Kentucky RON LEWIS, Kentucky SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia HELEN CHENOWETH, Idaho BENNIE G. THOMPSON, Mississippi JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana SAM FARR, California ED BRYANT, Tennessee JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine MARK FOLEY, Florida MARION BERRY, Arkansas SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia VIRGIL H. GOODE, JR., Virginia RAY LAHOOD, Illinois MIKE MCINTYRE, North Carolina JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan JERRY MORAN, Kansas BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina ROY BLOUNT, Missouri CHRISTOPHER JOHN, Louisiana CHARLES W. (CHIP) PICKERING, JAY W. JOHNSON, Wisconsin LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa PROFESSIONAL STAFF PAUL UNGER, Majority Staff Director JOHN E. HOGAN, Chief Counsel VERNIE HUBERT, Minority Counsel DAVID S. REDMOND, Communications Director LARRY COMBEST, Texas, Chairman CALVIN M. DOOLEY, California GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California SAM FARR, California RICHARD W. POMBO, California DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan * NICK SMITH, Michigan ko CHRISTOPHER JOHN, Louisiana TERRY EVERETT, Alabama COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma EVA M. CLAYTON, North Carolina RON LEWIS, Kentucky DAVID MINGE, Minnesota HELEN CHENOWETH, Idaho EARL F. HILLIARD, Alabama JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana EARL POMEROY, North Dakota SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania RAY LAHOOD, Illinois SCOTTY BAESLER, Kentucky JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine JERRY MORAN, Kansas MARION BERRY, Arkansas VIRGIL H. GOODE, JR., Virginia (II) CONTENTS Page Combest, Hon. Larry, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas, Stenholm, Hon. Charles W., a Representative in Congress from the State Bennett, Harold Bob, Texas State Executive Director, Farm Service Agency Cooksie, Carolyn B., Deputy Administrator, Farm Loan Programs, U.S. De- partment of Agriculture ....... Harmon, Bill, president, Lubbock Production Credit Association Hodges, Joe H., senior vice president, Midland American Bank Mauldin, Mike, on behalf of Texas Bankers Assoc. Phillips, G. Till, Office of Advocacy, Small Business Administration Townsen, Don, president and C.E.O., First National Bank of Spearman Wright, Mike, senior vice president, American Bank of Commerce Beseda, Larry, Beseda Fertilizer, submitted statement .... Briant, George, letter of February 14, 1997, to Mr. Townsen Coleman, Sandy, Agricultural Loan Packaging, submitted statement Daniel, Lisa R., letter of August 5, 1996 to Mr. Townsen, Davis, Jim, Ag Products, Inc., submitted statement Everitt, Lee, producer, submitted statement ..... Foster, Mark, Wilbur-Ellis, submitted statement Hill, K.W., president and C.E.O., South Plains Bank, submitted statement Joiner, Max, Lorenzo State Bank, submitted statement Kirkpatrick, Joe, Loan Pro Inc., submitted statement ..... Klingbeil, Larry, J. Texas A&M University, submitted statement Lemons, Bobby L., City National Bank of Colorado City, submitted statement Pattison, Terry W., submitted statement ............ Robinson, Robert A., director, Food and Agriculture Issues, General Account- Schnell, Mike, president, First State Bank, submitted statement Sherrill, Stephen, letter of February 12, 1997 to Mr. Townsen, Sherrod, John, president, First Bank Southwest, letter of February 14, 1997 Vanderburg, Jack C., president and C.E.O., First National Bank, letter of February 18, 1997 to Mr. Townsen Thomas, Max, submitted statement West, Darreil, producer, submitted statement Yeary, Buddy, president, Ideal Gas, Inc., submitted statement |