R Street, EWG host Hill briefings today on crop insurance reform
WASHINGTON (March 5, 2013) – The R Street Institute and the Environmental Working Group will be hosting a pair of Capitol Hill briefings today to discuss the case for crop insurance reform.
The briefings will include an examination of crop insurance within proposed Farm Bill legislation, new research on the cost of crop insurance to taxpayers and new legislative proposals to reform crop insurance subsidies.
The House briefing will be:
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Cannon House Office Building, Room 304
Speakers: Andrew Moylan, senior fellow, R Street Institute
Scott Faber, vice president for government affairs, EWG
Bruce Babcock, professor of economics, Iowa State University
The Senate briefing will be:
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Location: Capitol Visitors Center SVC 210
Speakers: Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.
Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr., R-Tenn.
Andrew Moylan, senior fellow, R Street Institute
Scott Faber, vice president for government affairs, EWG
Bruce Babcock, professor of economics, Iowa State University
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Libby Foley at efoley@ewg.org or 202-667-6982.
