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Jul 11
Mr. Joel Brandenberge’s opening statement during the Proposed GIPSA Rule Hearing
On Thursday, July 7, 2011 at 10:00 am, the House Small Business Committee Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade held a hearing entitled Regulatory Injury: How USDA’s Proposed GIPSA Rule Hurts America’s Small Businesses. The hearing took place in room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Committee examined the Grain Inspection, Packer and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) Proposed Rule on livestock marketing practices. The purpose of the hearing was to highlight the effects of the Proposed Rule on small businesses within the beef, pork and poultry industries and discuss the inadequacies in GIPSA’s Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis.