Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.) and Wyclef Jean, March 13, 2007

 


Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere


Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Chairman


You are respectfully requested to attend the following OPEN hearing of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, to be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building .




  • Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2007


  • Time: 2:00 PM


  • Subject: Haiti?s Development Needs


  • Witnesses: Panel I
    The Honorable Adolfo A. Franco
    Assistant Administrator
    Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
    U.S. Agency for International Development


  • Panel II
    Mr. Wyclef Jean
    Artist
    Founder of Yéle Haiti

 


Statement of Wyclef Jean


Opening Statement of Subcommittee Chairman Eliot L Engel (D-N.Y.)


Statement of Adolfo Franco, assistant administrator of Agency for International Development


 


Members’ attendance:


Rep. Eliot L. Engel


Rep. Dan Burton (ranking Republican member; Ind.)


Rep. Gregory Meeks (D.-N.Y.)


Rep. Albio Sires (D-N.J.)


Rep. Luis Fortuno (R-Puerto Rico)


Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-N.J.)


Rep. William Delahunt (D-Mass.)


Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.)


Non-committee members:


Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.)


Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)


Rep. Yvette Clark (D-N.Y.)


Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-Ill.)