Farmers, Foresters Express Concern Over Federal Regulations That Will Destroy Jobs, Devastate Agricultural Sector
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The House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Natural Resources held a joint oversight hearing titled, “At Risk: American Jobs, Agriculture, Health and Species--the Costs of Federal Regulatory Dysfunction.” Lucas: Once Again Obama's EPA Seeks to Expand Regulatory Reach Without Authority
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Chairman Frank Lucas issued the following statement regarding the release of the "Clean Water Protection Guidance" by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers. CFTC Inspector General: Agency Taking a Bare Minimum Approach to Cost-Benefit Analysis of Dodd-Frank
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At the request of Reps. Frank Lucas (R-OK) and K. Michael Conaway (R-TX), the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) investigated the cost-benefit analyses of four rules related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Key House Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Extend Deadline for Derivatives Title of Dodd-Frank
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U.S. Representatives Frank Lucas (R-OK), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), K. Michael Conaway (R-TX), and Scott Garrett (R-NJ) introduced H.R. 1573, which would extend the deadline by 18 months for implementing Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Subcommittee Examines Credit Conditions for Agricultural Producers
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The Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit held a public hearing to review credit conditions in rural America. Subcommittee Continues Oversight of CFTC's Rulemaking Process
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The Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a public hearing to further review the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) rulemaking process for implementing title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Subcommittee Examines Issues Facing Poultry Industry
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The Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held a public hearing to review the state of the poultry industry. Four Committee Chairs Send Bicameral, Bipartisan Letter to Key Regulators Urging End-User Exemption
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Four Committee Chairs sent a letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Secretary Gary Gensler, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Mary Schapiro yesterday urging them to provide an exemption from margin requirements for end-user transactions. Subcommittee Examines How to Increase Export Opportunities for American Producers
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The Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture, held a public hearing to review market promotion programs and their effectiveness on expanding exports of U.S. agricultural products. Subcommittee Examines Issues Facing Beef Industry
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The Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held a public hearing to review the state of the beef industry. Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
