MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Thank you, Mr. Secretary for appearing before the Committee today. I am pleased we can visit knowing that we have a five-year farm bill in place to provide certainty to our producers and consumers. It was a long process to get to this point, but our efforts were well worth it and the Agricultural Act of 2014 is a product we ca... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning, and thank you all for joining us to consider a few business matters before the committee. These items include the budget views and estimates letter for fiscal year 2015, consideration of H.R. 935, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act, and a resolution commemorating the Smith-Lever Act, which established the nation... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good afternoon, and welcome to the first meeting of the House-Senate Conference Committee charged with negotiating a compromise between the House and Senate-passed farm bills. I could not be more pleased to be at this point in the process. I appreciate all of your work to get us here and your willingness to serve on this impor... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support of HR 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013. This bipartisan bill is four years in the making and I could not have had a better partner than my friend from Minnesota, Mr. Peterson. He began this process four years ago when he led us into the countrysid... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning. Thank you all for being here today to discuss the reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. This is the first hearing on the issue, and the first in a series of hearings this Committee plans to hold in advance of writing legislation. CFTC reauthorization gives the Committee an opportunity to r... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, we are considering H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013. It is the product of more than three years of work. This work began in the countryside with field hearings led by my friend and Ranking Member Collin Peterson. There are often criticisms about the partisanship of Congress and h... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Thank you all for being here for this business meeting. Today, we are considering seven bills that are common-sense tweaks to Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The legislation before us ensures that Dodd-Frank is implemented as Congress intended and does not unnecessarily burden our jo... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Thank you all for being here today. In a way, we have already had this hearing during the last Congress. In fact, we held more than a dozen hearings on the Dodd-Frank Act during the last Congress with dozens of witnesses. And, we have discussed all of the bills or topics that are on our agenda today during past hearings. Unfor... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Thank you Mr. Secretary for appearing before the Committee today. I am pleased the President asked you to continue in your role as Secretary. While we may not always agree on every topic, you have never been disagreeable and you are a good friend to American agriculture. I appreciate your hard work to quickly implement the ext... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning and thank you for joining me for this business meeting. The Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives require each committee to adopt an oversight plan and submit it to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on House Administration by February 15th. The oversight plan... Read more »
