The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bill:

• H.R. 3583 (Faleomavaega): To provide for a subsidy to sellers and buyers of fish directly delivered to American Samoa from vessels with United States fisheries endorsements that manufacture for the United States. "American Samoa Protection of Industry, Resources and Employment Act"

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 3583

When:
Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at 2:00 p.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:

Panel 1

The Honorable Togiola T.A. Tulafono
Governor of American Samoa

Mr. Nikolao Pula
Director, Office of Insular Affairs
Department of the Interior

Panel 2

Mr. Donald Binotto
President & CEO
StarKist Co.

Mr. John Sawyer
Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing
Chicken of the Sea International

Mr. Chris Lischewski
President & CEO
Bumble Bee Foods, LLC

Panel 3

Mr. Joe Hamby
Managing Director
Tri-Marine Global Tuna Supply

Mr. James P. Walsh
Legal Counsel
South Pacific Tuna Corporation

Mr. Renato Curto
President
Cape Fisheries, LLC

Ms. Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Senior Fellow and Director
Center for Employment Policy
Hudson Institute


Opening Statement:
Chairwoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo