Review of Rural Broadband Programs

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Date: Jul 9 2009 - 10:00am - 1:00pm

Review of Rural Broadband Programs
Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture
House Agriculture Committee
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, July 9 - 10:00 a.m.
http://agriculture.house.gov/hearings/statements.html

Panel I

Ms. Cheryl Cook, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Accompanied by Mr. David Villano, Assistant Administrator, Telecommunications Programs, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Mark Seifert, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

Panel II

Mr. Delbert Wilson, General Manager, Hill Country Telephone Cooperative, on behalf of the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Ingram, Texas
Mr. Walter B. McCormick, Jr., President and CEO, United States Telecom Association, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Curt Stamp, President, Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance, Washington, D.C.
Mr. W. Tom Simmons, Senior Vice President of Public Policy, Midcontinent Communications, on behalf of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Mr. G. Edward Evans, Chairman and CEO, Stelera Wireless, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma