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Senate Hearing, 108TH Congress - Nominations Hearing To The Board of Directors, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
Senate Hearing, 108TH Congress - Nominations Hearing To The Board of Directors, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
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HEARING
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
UNITED STATES SENATE
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Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.agriculture.senate.gov
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COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi, Chairman
RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana TOM HARKIN, Iowa
MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont
PAT ROBERTS, Kansas KENT CONRAD, North Dakota
PETER G. FITZGERALD, Illinois THOMAS A. DASCHLE, South Dakota
SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia MAX BAUCUS, Montana
NORM COLEMAN, Minnesota BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, Arkansas
MICHEAL D. CRAPO, Idaho ZELL MILLER, Georgia
JAMES M. TALENT, Missouri DEBBIE A. STABENOW, Michigan
ELIZABETH DOLE, North Carolina E. BENJAMIN NELSON, Nebraska
CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa MARK DAYTON, Minnesota
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CONTENTS
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HEARING(S):
Nomination Hearing to the Board of Directors Federal Agricultural Mortgage
Corporation ........................................................................................................... 01
WITNESSES
Bartling, Julia, Burke, South Dakota, to be a Member of the Board of
Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation ........................... 02
Junkins, Lowell, Donnelson, Iowa, to be a Member of the Board of Directors
of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation ........................................... 02
Klippenstein, Glen, Osborn, Missouri, to be a Member of the Board of
Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation ........................... 03
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PREPARED STATEMENTS:
Bond, Hon. Christopher ................................................................................... 10
Daschle, Hon. Thomas ...................................................................................... 11
Klippenstein, Glen ............................................................................................ 14
Talent, Hon. James .......................................................................................... 12
DOCUMENT(S) SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD:
Bartling, Julia (Biographical Information) ..................................................... 18
Junkins, Lowell (Biographical Information) ................................................... 22
Klippenstein, Glen (Biographical Information) .............................................. 29
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NOMINATIONS HEARING TO THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS, FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL
MORTGAGE CORPORATION
U.S. SENATE,
COMMITTEE AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY,
ON
Washington, DC.
The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 11:20 a.m., in room
S146-A, United States Capitol, Hon. Chad Cochran, [Chairman of
the Committee], presiding.
Present: Senators Cochran, Talent, Dole, Harkin, and Daschle.
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dustry for the years that I have, but also in the public eye, I know
that that is going to be a very important aspect. I certainly will be
available to help in any way that I can and bring forth the con-
cerns from the small farmers and ranchers across the country that
have interests and concerns in bring their support to the Board.
The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Junkins, do you feel that youre qualified to
represent the interests of the general public?
Mr. JUNKINS. If I didnt believe it, I would tell you yes anyway.
[Laughter.]
I happen to believe it, so theres no problem.
My experience in Farmer Mac has really allowed me to make me
feel better about answering this question today than I did five or
6 years ago. Congress was very insightful when they mixed the
various players as they put together the Farmer Mac Corporation.
A lot of expertise comes out of the Farm Credit System, a lot of
expertise comes out of the private side. Yet, at the same time, this
GSE was put together by Congress to serve the public, not nec-
essarily to serve those other two entities or the representatives
from those entities. By putting five public members who, frankly,
dont bring in most instances a lot of the financial skills, it really
allows us to bring, I believe, the perspective that Congress in-
tended. That is the perspective of feeling that we understand what
you all meant in passing the statute, what you are attempting to
accomplish. Thats the strongest value that we, as public members,
can bring to the Corporation, that our perspective is necessarily
that of a broader interest, of a farmer, of a rancher, and not nec-
essarily being tied into how do you run the day-to-day banking
business of America.
I have seen the other public members that Ive served with, and
I would like to believe that we contributed immensely toward con-
versations within the Corporation that really brought an added dis-
cussion, a broader discussion, about Farmer Mac, where its going
and what its doing, than would have been otherwise the case if
there wasnt the public membership. I believe we have contributed
to that and we look forward to continuing to do that, Mr. Chair-
man.
The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Klippenstein, do you feel that youre quali-
fied to represent the interests of the general public?
Mr. KLIPPENSTEIN. Well, Mr. Chairman, I would respond that
were the public, all of us are the public, and if agriculture succeeds
well, the rest of the public does as well. With this instrument we
call Farmer Mac, if were diligent to make sure that it stays
healthy, then those who are the direct recipients of the potential
benefits of Farmer Mac will be healthy, and then so will, to a
greater extent, America. Yes, I believe Im qualified to represent
the publics interests.
The CHAIRMAN. I dont have any further questions. There may be
questions that other Senators may have. We have another vote
that is now in the final stages on the floor of the Senate. Im going
to go vote, and we will keep the committee in session pending the
arrival of other Senators. I will be right back. Until then, we will
suspend the hearing.
[Recess.]
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APPENDIX
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