Hearing:
               "USDA's Rural Development: Delivering Vital Programs and Services to Rural America"
          Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development (Committee on Agriculture)
        
   
  
  
    
    Thursday, September 18, 2025 (10:00 AM)
   
  1300 LHOB
 Washington, D.C. 
  
  
  
  Witnesses
  
    Mrs. Bette Brand 
Former Deputy Under Secretary, Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture, Roanoke, VA
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      - Truth-in-Testimony_Brand_09.18.2025
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      - Bio_Brand_09.18.2025
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    The Honorable Paul Heimel 
County Commissioner, Potter County, Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners, Cowdersport, PA, on behalf of the National Association of Counties
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      - Bio_Heimel_09.18.2025
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    Ms. Lynne Keller Forbes 
Executive Director, South Eastern Council of Governments (SECOG), Sioux Falls, on behalf of the National Association of Development Organizations
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      - Bio_Forbes_09.18.2025
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    The Honorable Xochitl Torres Small 
Former Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Las Cruces, NM
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      - Bio_TorresSmall_09.18.2025
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  Hearing Record
  
    - Witness-List_09.18.2025
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            First Published:
            September 9, 2025 at 08:49 AM
            Last Updated:
            September 18, 2025 at 09:10 AM