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 »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning. I'd like to thank Chairman Thompson for holding today's hearing to examine conservation programs. During the past two farm bills I served as the chairman and ranking member, respectively, for the subcommittee of jurisdiction for the conservation title. Both the 2008 and 2002 Farm Bills saw exponential growth in c... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov I'd like to thank Chairman Conaway for holding the first in a series of audit hearings to examine programs authorized in the farm bill. My goal with these hearings is two-fold. First, I want the Department to present a spending snapshot of farm programs. Our Subcommittees will examine spending trends and confirm whether the pu... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning. I’d like to thank Secretary Vilsack and Ambassador Kirk and our industry representatives for joining us today to discuss free trade. As we know, there are three pending free trade agreements with Korea, Colombia and Panama. Unfortunately it has been nearly four years since these agreements were signed and the adm... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, we’re moving forward with legislation that is a product of four hearings in this Committee. We’ve heard from agricultural cooperatives, electric utilities, large global banks, small community banks and farm credit banks. We’ve heard from manufacturers, pension plans, mutual funds and a global oil and gas producer. And w... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Thank you, Chairman Hastings and Ranking Member Markey for working with Ranking Member Peterson and me on this important topic. Though joint hearings represent a logistical challenge, the interactions and contradictions between the laws and programs under our various jurisdictions suggest that effective oversight will require ... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, this Committee continues its series of hearings to review the implementation of the derivatives provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act. Already, we’ve heard from diverse market participants, from farmer cooperatives to manufacturers to global financial institutions. Rarely does Congress consider an issue th... Read more »
