Speeches and Testimony from Catholic Relief Services

Delivering International Food Aid and Providing Foreign Agricultural Development Assistance: July 2008; Testimony before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture
"Soaring Food Prices: A Global Crisis" Address By CRS' Frank Orzechowski at the 10th International Food Aid Conference: April 2008; Presentation to the Greater Kansas City United Nations Association
Ken Hackett's Written Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee: December 2007; Perspectives on the Next Phase of the Global Fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
CRS Testimony On HIV and Nutrition: October 2007; AnneMarie Reilly, CRS' chief of staff, testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health on "The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: Is It Fulfilling the Nutrition and Food Security Needs of People Living with HIV and AIDS?"
CNN Interviews Jennifer Poidatz About Monsoon Relief: August 2007; CRS' Jennifer Poidatz discusses disaster preparedness in an interview with Delia Gallagher, CNN's Faith and Values anchor.
CRS Congressional Testimony On Food Aid: May 2007; CRS chief of staff testifies before the House Agriculture Committee, Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development and Foreign Agriculture.
U.S. Assistance for A Hungry World: Looking Forward: April 2007; Address by Ken Hackett to the USDA and USAID International Food Aid Conference IX
CRS Health Expert Testifies Before Congress: March 2007; Testimony of Dr. Elena McEwan, Senior Technical Advisor in Health for Catholic Relief Services, before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health. The hearing was on “The Global Threat of Drug Resistant TB: A Call to Action for World TB
Testimony Before the House International Relations Comm: May 2006; Sean Callahan, CRS Vice-President for Overseas Operations, testified on funding for Title II food aid as part of a panel at a hearing on "Taking a Bite out of Hunger."
Testimony submitted to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry: September 2005; Written testimony submitted by CRS addressing the role of Title II Food Aid within the larger framework of agriculture supports and the WTO.
Food for Niger: August 2005; Ken Hackett's Letter to the Editor published in the New York Times
Food Aid Seeks to Help Hungry, Not Boost Trade: August 2005; Ken Hackett's Letter to the Editor published in the Baltimore Sun