SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES FOR U.S. POLICY TO HAITI_Biden_Farmer

SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES FOR U.S. POLICY TO HAITI_Biden_Farmer

Today, the committee meets to examine the United States policy toward Haiti. We are pleased to have two impressive panels to discuss this issue. On the first is Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Marc Grossman, and Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, John Taylor, who represent the administration. On our second panel we will hear from Dr. Paul Farmer, founding director of Partners In Health, co-founder of the Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change of the Harvard Medical School, and chief, Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities; Mr. Steven Forester, the senior policy advocate for Haitian Women of Miami; and Dr. Rudolph Moise, president and CEO of the Haitian Broadcasting Network based in Miami, Florida. We welcome our witnesses and look forward to their testimony.