Congressional Hearings

Congressional Hearings on Global Hunger Issues

A Call to Action on Food Security: The Administration's Global Strategy
House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommitee on Africa and Global Health
October 29, 2009 
(Video)
Representative Donald Payne, Opening Statement [PDF]
Thomas Melito, Ph.D., Director International Affairs and Trade Team, U.S. Government Accountability Office [PDF]
Helene Gayle, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, CARE [PDF]          
Julie Howard, Ph.D., Executive Director, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa [PDF]          
Reverend David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World [PDF]          
Mr. Richard Leach, Senior Advisor for Public Policy, Friends of the World Food Program [PDF]          

Alleviating Global Hunger: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Leadership
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
March 24, 2009
Senator Richard Lugar, Opening Statement
Senator John F. Kerry, Opening Statement
Daniel R. Glickman, Former Secretary of Agriculture [PDF]
Catherine A. Bertini, Former Executive Director, World Food Program [PDF]
David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World [PDF]
Robert Paarlberg, Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College [PDF]
Edwin C. Price, Associate Vice Chancellor and Director, Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture [PDF]
Gebisa Ejeta, Professor of Agronomy, Purdue University [PDF]

Rising Food Prices and Budget Challenges
House Committee on Budget
July 30, 2008
(Video)
Josette Sheeran, United Nations World Food Program [PDF]

International Food Aid and Foreign Agricultural Development Assistance
House Committee on Agriculture
July 16, 2008
Michael Yost, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture [DOC]
James Kunder, U.S. Agency for International Development [DOC]
Sean Callahan, Catholic Relief Services [DOC]
Avram Guroff, Food Security and Specialty Crops Portfolio, ACDI/ VOCA [DOC]
Dr. Nicholas Minot, International Food Policy Research Institute [PDF]
Dr. Theo Dillaha, Office of International Research, Education and Development, Virginia Tech University [DOC]

Responding to the Global Food Crisis
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
May 14, 2008
(Video)
Opening Statement, Senator Richard Lugar (R-Ind.)
Henrietta Fore, U.S. Agency for International Development [PDF]
Edward P. Lazear, Council of Economic Advisers [PDF]
Josette Sheeran, United Nations World Food Program [PDF]
Peter McPherson, NASULGC and The Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa [PDF]
James Lyons, Oxfam America [PDF]

International Response to the Global Food Crisis
House Committee on Financial Services
May 14, 2008
(Video)
Arvind Subramanian, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Center for Global Development, and
Johns Hopkins University
 [PDF]
Eva Clayton, Former Member of Congress and Alliance to End Hunger [PDF]
Andrew Natsios, U.S. Agency for International Development [PDF]
Dr. Raj Patel, Center for African Studies, University of California, Berkeley [PDF]
Dr. Robert Watson, International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IASSTD) [PDF]

PEPFAR, Nutrition and Food Security
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
October 9, 2007
(Video)
Opening Statement, Representative Donald Payne (D-N.J.)
Dr. Robert Einterz, MD, Indiana-Moi Partnership [PDF]
Walleligne Beriye, Project Concern International [PDF]
Annemarie Reilly, Catholic Relief Services [PDF]
Wendy Johnson, Health Alliance International [PDF]