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Hearing

Joint Hearing on "U.S. - Africa Trade Relations: Creating a Platform for Economic Growth"

June 24, 2009

The Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health (Committee on Foreign Affairs) held a joint hearing on "U.S. - Africa Trade Relations: Creating a Platform for Economic Growth" on Wednesday June 24, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building.


Witness Testimonies

Panel 1

Florizelle Liser
Leocadia L. Zak
Holly Vineyard

Panel 2

Stephen Hayes
Greg Lebedev
Lisa D. Cook Ph.D.
Karen Tandy

U.S. Representative Joe Barton

U.S. Representative Joe L. Barton
Joe Barton was first elected to congress by the people of Texas' Sixth Congressional District in 1984. In 2004, he was selected by his House colleagues to be the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce...
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