MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning, and thank you all for joining us today for our first Farm Bill field hearing of 2012. Field hearings are one of the most important parts of the farm bill process. Not only do they allow Members of our Committee to hear directly from farmers and ranchers, but they give us a chance to see the diversity of agricultu... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov ~ as prepared for delivery ~ Good morning, and thank you all for joining us today for our first Farm Bill field hearing of 2012. Field hearings are one of the most important parts of the farm bill process. Not only do they allow Members of our Committee to hear directly from farmers and ranchers, but they give us a chance to s... 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 the budget views and estimates letter for fiscal year 2013. Before we begin, I’d like to thank Ranking Member Peterson for all the help he has provided on this issue. For the past year, this Committee has worked to identify areas for potential deficit reduction while a... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning, and thank you all for being here. Today’s hearing will focus on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) agenda for the upcoming year. I’d like to thank Chairman Gensler for joining us to share his perspective. This is a timely hearing, as the CFTC is facing a number of issues of concern to our constituent... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Thank you all for being here today for this business meeting. In a way, we began preparing for today's markup nearly a year ago. That's when we held our first hearing on the implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. We've held a total of seven hearings in the past year, gathe... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Thank you for joining us for this important hearing. I'd first like to thank the Ranking Member and his staff for their help in pulling this hearing together. I'd also like to thank our witnesses for being here. Each Member of this Committee understands the importance of the futures markets for farmers and ranchers across the ... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning. I’d like to thank Chairman Conaway and Ranking Member Boswell for holding this hearing. And I’d like to thank Bruce Nelson and Juan Garcia for joining us from the Farm Service Agency. Today’s hearing is the eighth audit of farm programs conducted by the Agriculture Committee’s subcommittees. We’ve evaluated every... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Thank you all for being here today. I’d especially like to thank Chairman Gensler for joining us on our first panel, and I’m grateful to all the witnesses on our second panel for taking time away from your businesses to be here. This is our sixth hearing on the Dodd-Frank implementation process. We’ve heard from over 30 witnes... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov I’d like to thank Chairwoman Schmidt for holding this hearing, and I’d also like to welcome Ms. Rowe to the Subcommittee today. I believe that we would be holding these audits regardless of the time period in which we will be writing the next Farm Bill. With 14 separate titles covering a wide variety of programs ranging from n... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning, and thank you for having me here today. Thank you for that kind introduction. I’m really pleased to be at this event, because I think it can serve as the start of a much needed change in how we discuss Dodd-Frank and financial reform in this country. I was reading a Wall Street Journal article last month—many of ... Read more »
