On the recordJune 11, 1996
my amendment deletes the limitation on the Department of Agriculture that would have prevented them from sending questions that had been submitted to the Department to third parties, including OMB. The past several years, we have had difficulty in getting questions back from the Department in a timely manner that are related to our hearings. It turns out that many times the holdup was not at the agency or Department level, but was with the OMB. Although there was a rumor that this year some questions were reviewed by non-Federal people, that could not be confirmed. We have since had discussions with OMB, and will drop this provision, in hopes that next year the Committee can receive prompt response to its questions.
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