LIST OF WITNESSES TO APPEAR BEFORE
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRADE ON
FIELD HEARING ON THE BENEFITS OF TRADE TO THE
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE SECTORS


MONDAY, MAY 14, 2001 - BEGINNING AT 1:00 P.M.
GRAND BALLROOM, RADISSON SOUTH HOTEL, BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA


Opening Statements:


The Honorable Jesse Ventura, Governor of Minnesota


PANEL:

The Honorable Mark R. Kennedy, M.C., Minnesota

The Honorable Gil Gutknecht, M.C., Minnesota


The Honorable Norm Coleman, Mayor, Saint Paul, Minnesota


PANEL:

Art Collins, President and Chief Executive Officer, Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Douglas Kohrs, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Medical Systems, Minnetonka, Minnesota

Al Christopherson, Farmer, Pennock, Minnesota, and President, Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation

Scott Portnoy, Corporate Vice President, Cargill, Incorporated, Minneapolis, Minnesota


PANEL:

Gary Joachim, Soybean Farmer, Claremont, Minnesota, and Member, Trade Policy and International Affairs Committee,  and Chair, Latin America Subcommittee, American Soybean Association of Minnesota

Neal Fisher, Administrator, North Dakota Wheat Commission

Bruce Hamnes, Chairman, Wheat Export Trade Education and U.S. Wheat Associates, and Past Chairman, Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council

Gerald Tumbleson, Farmer and Director, Minnesota Corn Growers Association, Sherburn, Minnesota