(Washington, D.C.) – The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) and Rep. Mark S. Kirk (R-Ill.), co-chairman of the House Sugar Reform Caucus, will sponsor a policy breakfast on Thursday, May 26 for members of Congress, their staffs, and the media.  Distinguished panelists will discuss the impact of the sugar lobby on the future of the Central American Free Trade Agreement, with a keynote luncheon address by Ambassador Clayton Yeutter.

WHO:                  Council for Citizens Against Government Waste
WHAT:                    Policy Briefing: Will Big Sugar Kill CAFTA-DR?
                             (Continental breakfast will be served.)

WHEN:                Thursday, May 26, 2005
                             8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

WHERE:             HC-6, The Capitol

Keynote Remarks

The Honorable Clayton Yeutter

Of Counsel, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, Washington, D.C.

Formerly U.S. Trade Representative and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

Panelists

Dan Griswold

Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies

Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.

John E. Frydenlund

Director, Center for International Food and Agriculture Policy

Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, Washington, D.C.

R.S.V.P. by no later than May 20; via phone 202-467-5300 or e-mail at jfrydenlund@cagw.org

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste is the lobbying arm of Citizens Against Government Waste, the nation's largest nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government.