Treatment of Minority and Limited Resource Producers by the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture and the Committee on Agriculture, Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, March 19, July 17, 1997 |
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accountability Action Team Report African American American farmers applications assistance backlog BISHOP BOB GOODLATTE Boyd Chairman Civil Rights Action civil rights enforcement CLAYTON commitment complaints Congress Congressional Black Caucus Conyers county committee county offices CRAT report Dan Glickman decisions Department of Agriculture direct loan discrimination district loan offices documents efforts ensure equal opportunity farm loans farm programs Farm Service Agency Farmers Home Administration Federal employees Felzien filed FmHA foreclosure funds going GOODLATTE Government hearing HILLIARD hiring Hmong House Agriculture Committee implementation investigators issue John Conyers July 17 legislative limited resource LLPP look million minority farmers nonminority farmers number of minority operation outreach percent problems producers recommendations Reed resolve Rights Action Team ROBINSON Rural Coalition San Joaquin Valley Secretary GLICKMAN settlement socially disadvantaged staff statement STENHOLM subcommittee talk testimony Thank THOMPSON tion U.S. Department USDA employees WINDY BOY
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