“America's Agricultural Labor Crisis: Enacting a Practical Solution”

September 27, 2011

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security entitled “America’s Agricultural Labor Crisis: Enacting a Practical Solution” for Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

Chairman Schumer to preside.

By order of the Chairman.

UPDATED Witness List

Hearing before the
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security

On 
“America’s Agricultural Labor Crisis: Enacting a Practical Solution” 
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226
10:00 a.m.

Panel I

Gary W. Black
Commissioner
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Atlanta, GA

Tom Nassif 
President and CEO
Western Growers Association
Salinas, CA

Robert A. Smith
Senior Vice President
Farm Credit East
Cobleskill, NY

Dr. Ronald D. Knutson
Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University 
College Station, TX 

Panel II

Arturo S. Rodriguez
President
United Farm Workers of America
Keene, CA

Connie Horner
President
Horner Farms, Inc
Homerville, GA

Eric Ruark
Director of Research
Federation for American Immigration Reform
Washington, DC