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)

Mrs. Bette Brand
Former Deputy Under Secretary, Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture, Roanoke, VA

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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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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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The Honorable Xochitl Torres Small
Former Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Las Cruces, NM

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