Y 4. Ap6/1: Ag8/985/pt.8 AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts NEAL SMITH, Iowa JOSEPH P. ADDABBO, New York BILL CHAPPELL, JR., Florida BILL ALEXANDER, Arkansas JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania JOSEPH D. EARLY, Massachusetts LINDY (MRS. HALE) BOGGS, Louisiana MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota VIC FAZIO, California W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina LES AUCOIN, Oregon DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii WES WATKINS, Oklahoma WILLIAM H. GRAY III, Pennsylvania BERNARD J. DWYER, New Jersey WILLIAM R. RATCHFORD, Connecticut BILL BONER, Tennessee STENY H. HOYER, Maryland BOB CARR, Michigan ROBERT J. MRAZEK, New York SILVIO O. CONTE, Massachusetts J. KENNETH ROBINSON, Virginia CARL D. PURSELL, Michigan KEITH F. MAInland, Clerk and Staff Director AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1985 MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1984. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION WITNESSES FRANK W. NAYLOR, UNDER SECRETARY FOR SMALL COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT HAROLD V. HUNTER, ADMINISTRATOR, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION JACK VAN MARK, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR JOSEPH S. ZOLLER, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR-ELECTRIC BLAINE D. STOCKTON, JR., ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR-MANAGEMENT MICHAEL W. KELLY, ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL, ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE DIVISION, OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL STEPHEN B. DEWHURST, BUDGET OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OPENING REMARKS Mr. WHITTEN. The Committee will come to order. We have with us today Mr. Naylor, the Under Secretary; Mr. Harold Hunter; and your associates. We are glad to have you here. We will be glad to have you proceed in your own way. Mr. NAYLOR. Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before you today. We are here to present the Rural Electrification Administration budget proposals for fiscal year 1985. We believe them to be realistic in light of current budgetary considerations and program needs. I have asked Mr. Hunter to prepare and present the position of the agency for your Committee's consideration. STATEMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR Mr. WHITTEN. Mr. Hunter, we will be glad to hear from you. Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Chairman, we do appreciate being here. As far as the members of the staff that are here at the witness table, they are the same as we have had previously so they have been on the record. As Mr. Naylor has said, this presentation follows very closely our own recommendations plus the program that the Administration supports, and, as such, it touches upon economic recovery. |
