INTRODUCTION

1. Federal Register Notice of Hearing
2. Agenda of Hearing and List of Presenters

PART I: WRITTEN STATEMENTS SUBMITTED FOR HEARING BY WITNESSES

1. Cynthia Metzler, Acting Secretary of Labor
2. Senator Tom Harkin
3. Melissa Joffe, Free the Children, Canada
4. Jessica Asselin, Free the Children, USA
5. Doug Cahn/Peter Moore, Reebok International Ltd.
6. Mary W. Covington, International Labor Organization
7. Darlene Adkins, National Consumers League and Child Labor Coalition
8. Jack Sheinkman, Council on Economic Priorities (presented by Shareen Hertel)
9. Malcolm Friedberg, Child Labor Free Internatinoal
10. Soren Ambrose, Campaign for Labor Rights, Nicaragua Network
11. Mafruza Khan, VERITÉ
12. Pharis Harvey, International Labor Rights Fund
13. Mark Ritchie, Transfair USA
14. Oded Grajew, The Abrinq Foundation

PART II: WRITTEN STATEMENTS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

1. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
2. Representative George Miller
3. Embassy of Antigua & Barbuda
4. Embassy of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
5. Embassy of Burkina Faso
6. Embassy of Canada
7. Embassy of Czech Republic
8. Embassy of Denmark
9. Embassy of Dominican Republic
10. Embassy of Ecuador
11. Embassy of Fiji
12. Embassy of The Gambia
13. Embassy of Guatemala
14. Embassy of Honduras
15. Embassy of Italy
16. Embassy of Korea
17. Embassy of Macedonia
18. Embassy of Namibia
19. Embassy of Nicaragua
20. Embassy of Pakistan
21. Embassy of Portugal
22. Embassy of Romania
23. Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
24. Embassy of Slovenia
25. Embassy of Spain
26. Ministry of Labour of Sweden
27. Embassy of Thailand
28. Embassy of Tunisia
29. Embassy of Venezuela
30. Broad Meadows Middle School, Quincy, MA
31. Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America
32. International Labor Solutions
33. International Organization of Employers
34. Oriental Rug Importers Associations, Inc.
35. Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association
36. RUGMARK Foundation
37. STEP Foundation
38. Tea Association of the U.S.A., Inc.
39. Transfair International

[Due to technical difficulties, an official transcript of the oral testimony provided at the hearing is not included in the proceedings.]