This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Kristi Noem discusses H.R. 1633, The Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011, which she introduced in April.
Reps. Frank Lucas (R- OK) and K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) sent a letter to Gary Gensler, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday providing specific recommendations for improving the implementation process for Title VII of Dodd-Frank, as the CFTC shifts from proposed rules to final rules.
The Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit, held a hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency's (FSA) loan programs.
The Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture, held an audit hearing to examine trade, food aid and agricultural development programs operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Steve Southerland discusses the importance of H.R. 2018, the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011.
The Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry joined with the Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources to hold a joint hearing on "Challenges facing Domestic Oil and Gas Development: Review of Bureau of Land Management/U.S. Forest Service Ban on Horizontal Drilling on Federal Lands."
The Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture, held an audit hearing to examine specialty crop programs.
The Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry, continued the audit hearings on farm policy, which is the first step in the farm bill process.
