LIST OF WITNESSES TO APPEAR BEFORE
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
ON FUNDAMENTAL TAX REFORM


TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2000 - BEGINNING AT 10:00 A.M.
ROOM 1100 LONGWORTH HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING


Opening Statements:


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