This week during The Ag Minute, Chairman Frank Lucas, discusses the need to capitalize on recent developments with tangible action on the free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.
The Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture, held a public hearing to review market promotion programs and their effectiveness on expanding exports of U.S. agricultural products.
Four Committee Chairs sent a letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Secretary Gary Gensler, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Mary Schapiro yesterday urging them to provide an exemption from margin requirements for end-user transactions.
Chairman Frank Lucas spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011.
The Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held a public hearing to review the state of the beef industry.
This week during The Ag Minute, Chairman Frank Lucas, discusses the need to pass H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011.
Chairman Frank Lucas issued the following statement regarding Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Resolution.
Chairman Frank Lucas and Ranking Member Collin Peterson issued the following statements after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 872, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011 in a bipartisan vote, 292-130.
the House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing to review the definitions of key terms included in Title VII of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, such as "swap," "Swap Dealer," and "Major Swap Participant."
This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Jean Schmidt, discusses the urgency for Congress to pass H.R. 872, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011.
