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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Rep. Timothy V. Johnson, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture, held an audit hearing to examine U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rural development programs. This is the eleventh and final hearing in the audit series designe... Read more »

Chairman Frank Lucas sent a letter today to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson requesting a response to a list of questions from a bipartisan group of lawmakers that was submitted to her agency nearly six months ago. Read more »

The Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held an audit hearing to examine U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) dairy programs. Read more »

The Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture, held an audit hearing to examine U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research programs. Read more »

The Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, held an audit hearing to examine Title I programs and the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program. Read more »

The House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing to review the impact of derivatives reform on end users and smaller financial institutions. Read more »

The House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing to review the impact of derivatives reform on end users and smaller financial institutions. Read more »

The Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture, held an audit hearing to examine Title IV nutrition programs. Read more »

The Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry, held a public hearing to review energy and forestry programs within the subcommittee's jurisdiction. Read more »

"From Rhetoric to Reason: Bringing Balance to Financial Regulations" MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov ~As prepared for delivery~ 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 f... Read more »