112th Press Releases

The Ag Minute: Ensuring MF Global Customers Are Treated Fairly

This week during The Ag Minute, Chairman Frank Lucas discusses the efforts of the House Agriculture Committee to uncover the whereabouts of the roughly $1.2 billion in customer funds that remain missing from bankrupt MF Global, and to determine who is responsible for these losses.

Examination of the MF Global Bankruptcy

House Agriculture Committee Demands Facts on MF Global Collapse

The House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing to examine the MF Global bankruptcy and reports that as much as $1.2 billion in customer funds have gone missing.

In Case You Missed It: Lucas Speaks at Republican Leadership Press Conference on the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank D. Lucas joined Speaker John Boehner and Republican leadership in a press conference on jobs bills today.

In Case You Missed It: Lucas Calls for Information on MF Global Bankruptcy

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank D. Lucas was interviewed for Bloomberg Television's Street Smart program on tomorrow's hearing on the MF Global Bankruptcy.

The Ag Minute: H.R. 1633 Gives Farmers and Ranchers Regulatory Certainty

This week during The Ag Minute, Chairman Frank Lucas discusses H.R. 1633, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act, a bipartisan bill that prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating farm dust that is already regulated at the state or local level.

House Agriculture Committee Advances Measure to Subpoena Corzine

Chairman Frank Lucas of Oklahoma and Ranking Member Collin Peterson of Minnesota issued a statement after the House Agriculture Committee approved the issuance of a subpoena to compel the attendance of Jon Corzine, the former Chief Executive Officer of MF Global, at the full committee hearing scheduled for December 8 to examine the MF Global bankruptcy.

Subcommittee Continues Oversight of USDA's Operations to Ensure Proper Use of Taxpayer Funds

The Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit held a public hearing to review updates to the audits of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Inspector General.

The Ag Minute: H.R. 3010 Protects Job Creators from an Overzealous Regulatory Regime

This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Steve King discusses H.R. 3010, the Regulatory Accountability Act, which the U.S. House of Representatives is slated to consider this week.

Statement from House & Senate Agriculture Committee Leaders on Super Committee's Announcement

Rep. Frank Lucas, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, released the following statement in response to the announcement that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction has failed to reach an agreement.