This week during The Ag Minute, Chairman Frank Lucas, discusses that one of the challenges members of the agriculture community face is that their success in providing a safe, affordable, and abundant food supply causes them to be taken for granted by Americans living in our suburbs and cities.
The Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry held a public hearing to further review the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), agricultural practices, and their implications on national watersheds.
The House Agriculture Committee adopted the budget views and estimates letter which outlines the committee's budget recommendations for the agencies and programs under its jurisdiction for fiscal year 2012.
This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, discusses the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed regulations for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Rep. Frank Lucas (R- OK) and Rep. K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday requesting an investigation of the cost-benefit analysis performed by the agency for the implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
The House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing to review the impact of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations on agriculture.
The House Agriculture Committee approved H.R. 872, The Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011.
This week during The Ag Minute, Rep. Frank Lucas, discusses the urgent need for Congress to pass H.R. 872, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011.
The U.S House of Representatives voted to repeal the 1099 filing provision in the 2010 health care legislation in a bipartisan vote of 314-112. During The Ag Minute, Rep. Frank Lucas, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, discusses the need for Congress to continue to work together to get a bill to the President's desk that eliminates the provision.
Reps. Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Jean Schmidt (R-OH), and Joe Baca (D-CA) introduced H.R. 872, a bipartisan bill to reduce the regulatory burdens posed by the case National Cotton Council v. EPA (6th Cir. 2009).
