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Thursday, September 11, 2008
 Opening Keynote Breakfast Session
Join Representative Collin Peterson, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, for his opening keynote address. Known as the architect of the 2008 Farm Bill, Chairman Peterson led the effort to move one of the most difficult and controversial agriculture legislative initiatives through Congress over the last 80 years. Chairman Peterson will share his own experiences during the Farm Bill effort, discuss lessons learned, and provide a glimpse of top agenda items for the House Agriculture Committee moving into a new congressional year.
Senate Luncheon Session
 Senator Debbie Stabenow, who has served on the Agriculture Committees in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, will discuss her role in crafting the Farm Bill including her position on the Farm Bill Conference Committee that negotiatied key differences in the House and Senate passed bills. Hear her experiences and what it took to pass the historic 2008 Farm Bill, the first Farm Bill to recognize the importance of produce in keeping America healthy. Senator Stabenow is a respected national leader on health care. She was appointed this term to the Senate Finance Committee where she is playing a key role in addressing our nation’s health care, trade and tax policies.
Friday, September 12, 2008
 Breakfast General Session
WPPC attendees will also hear from one of the leading food safety and nutrition advocates in Congress, Representative Rosa DeLauro. Representative DeLauro, Chairwoman of the Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Subcommittee, has been a on the forefront of nutrition and food safety for over a decade. Passionately fighting to expand the Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program nationally, to grant access to fruits and vegetable to school children in schools, she has also been one of the strongest proponents for a strong FDA food safety regime. In Friday morning’s breakfast general session, Chairwoman DeLauro, will offer her views on what Congress can do to help address food safety challenges.
Washington Public Policy Conference, September 10-12, 2008
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