mr. paul wenger. he is serving his second term of the california farm bureau federation. he chaired the advisory committee. in 2011, he was appointed to the board. he earned his degree from cal poly. we have lee wicker. he is from the north carolina growers association. the largest program user in the nation. prior to this, he worked for the north carolina security commission. the technical supervisor for the farm programs and state administrator. mr. wicker has been growing tobacco with his family in lee county since 1978. graduated from the university of north carolina at chapel hill. our fourth witness is mr. goldstein. he is president of farm worker justice. he has experience regarding the temporary worker program. prior to this, he worked as a labor and civil rights lawyer in southern illinois. he received his bachelor's degree from cornell university. gentlemen, thank you very much for your testimony. we are looking forward to it. if you would proceed in the order in which i introduced you and attempt to keep your remarks to five minutes. your full comments will be

mr. paul wenger. he is currently serving his second term as president of the california farm bureau federation. in addition to serving as a member of the federation board, he chaired the water advisory committee. in 2011 he was elected to farm bureau board of directors. he's a third generation farmer and earned his bachelor's degree from cal poly san luis obispo. the next witness worked for north carolina employment security position as a technical supervisor for farm employment programs and stayedwide administrator for the h-2a program. mr. wicker has been growing tobacco with his family in lee county, north carolina, since 1978. graduated from the university of north carolina at chapel hill. our fourth witness is mr. bruce goldstein. mr. goldstein is president of farm worker justice in washington, d.c. he has substantial experience regarding h-2a temporary foreign agricultural worker program. prior to this, he worked as a labor and civil rights lawyer in southern illinois. he became a staff employee