Sen. Conrad extends invitation to attend U.S. Senate Budget Committee field hearing Senator Kent Conrad asked us to extend an invitation to you to attend a field hearing of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee on Friday, June 2, at 2:30 p.m. in Discovery Hall, Energy & Environmental Research Center. The hearing will focus on the importance of the federal investment in education and research programs at UND and other public colleges and universities in North Dakota. The witnesses will highlight how federal funding helps local communities, creates good-paying jobs, stimulates economic development and partnership efforts to address local, regional, and national concerns, and produces skilled graduates to serve our state and nation. For further information, please contact Joan Huffer in Senator Conrad's Washington office at 202-224-2043. -- Jan Orvik, editor, for President Charles Kupchella.