Steve Troxler will speak to Congress Thursday.
The Republican state agriculture commissioner will testify before the House Subcommittee on Rural Development about the potential impact of federal regulation of tobacco on farmers.
He was invited by U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre, a Lumberton Democrat who chairs the subcommittee.
Congress is considering a bill to allow the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco. An alternative proposed by Sens. Richard Burr and Kay Hagan would create a new agency.
Troxler will speak at 10 a.m.
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