MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRA- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1966 MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1965 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10:25 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 1114, New Senate Office Building, Hon. Spessard L. Holland, chairman of the subcommittee, presiding. Present: Senator Holland. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NONGOVERNMENTAL WITNESSES NATIONAL RECLAMATION ASSOCIATION STATEMENT OF WILLIAM E. WELSH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PREPARED STATEMENT Senator HOLLAND. The subcommittee will come to order. (Discussion off the record.) Senator HOLLAND. The committee will now hear representatives of various organizations who wish to offer testimony in regard to various items to be considered by the subcommittee later when it meets to make recommendations in regard to appropriations for fiscal 1966, for the Department of Agriculture. The first organization on the schedule today is the National Reclamation Association. Mr. William E. Welsh, the executive director, has requested to be heard. Mr. Welsh, do you wish to enter your statement in the record and summarize it, or how do you wish to proceed? Mr. WELSH. Mr. Chairman, I would appreciate it very much if I might have the privilege of filing the statement, and having it included in the record, and I would refrain from making any further comments, solely for the purpose of conserving or saving of time of this committee. I do want to emphasize that the irrigation farmers of the West, a large segment of whom I am privileged to represent, are intensely interested, and I hope that my request is not interpreted as a lack of interest on their part. Senator HOLLAND. Thank you very much. Your statement will be received and copied in the record. 1 |