TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2000 - BEGINNING AT 10:00 A.M.
ROOM 1100 LONGWORTH HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
Opening Statements:
The Honorable Bill Archer, M.C., Texas, Chairman
PANEL:
The Honorable Collin C. Peterson, M.C., Minnesota
The Honorable John Linder, M.C., Georgia
PANEL:
Leo E. Linbeck, Jr., Chairman, Linbeck Corporation, Houston, Texas, and Voluntary Chairman, American for Fair Taxation
Todd McCracken, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Small Business United
Scott Rooth, Realtor, Cashiers, North Carolina; Chairman, Public Policy Coordinating Committee, and Member, Tax Reform Working Group, National Association of Realtors
Steve Kouplen, President, Oklahoma Farm Bureau Association, on behalf of American Farm Bureau Federation
James Martin, Former General Vice President, Ironworkers International Union, and Deputy Chairman, Dallas Federal Reserve Board
PANEL:
Wayne Angell, Ph.D., Chief Economist, Bear Stearns & Company, New York, New York
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Boston University, and Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
Gilbert Metcalf, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, and Economist, National Bureau of Economic Research
John G. Wilkins, Managing Director, Barcroft Consulting Group, on behalf of National Retail Federation
PANEL:
Billy Hamilton, Deputy Comptroller, Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, on behalf of the Honorable Carole Keeton Rylander, Texas State Comptroller of Public Accounts
Janet L. Skarbek, Sales Tax Manager, Willamette Industries, Inc., Portland, Oregon
The Honorable John E. Chapoton, Partner, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
(former Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury)Del Threadgill, Vice President of Taxes, J.C. Penney Company, Dallas, TX, and Chairman, Taxation Committee, National Retail Federation