This week during The Ag Minute, Chairman Frank Lucas, discusses how new media platforms are transforming the way farmers, ranchers, and rural constituents are staying informed on everything from weather updates to commodity prices to politics.
Chairman Frank Lucas issued the following statement regarding the release of the "Clean Water Protection Guidance" by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers.
This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Randy Hultgren, discusses the recent decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize a rule that exempts milk from regulations under the Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) program.
At the request of Reps. Frank Lucas (R-OK) and K. Michael Conaway (R-TX), the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) investigated the cost-benefit analyses of four rules related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
This week during The Ag Minute, Rep. Bob Gibbs, discusses the urgency for the U.S. Senate to consider the House-passed pesticides bill, H.R. 872, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011.
U.S. Representatives Frank Lucas (R-OK), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), K. Michael Conaway (R-TX), and Scott Garrett (R-NJ) introduced H.R. 1573, which would extend the deadline by 18 months for implementing Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
The Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit held a public hearing to review credit conditions in rural America.
A report in The Wall Street Journal today highlights the concerns of end-users with the recent proposed rule on margin requirements issued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on behalf of prudential regulators.
The Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a public hearing to further review the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) rulemaking process for implementing title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
The Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held a public hearing to review the state of the poultry industry.
