Chairman Frank Lucas and Ranking Member Collin Peterson issued the following statements after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 872, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011 in a bipartisan vote, 292-130. Read more »
The Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry held a public hearing to further review the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), agricultural practices, and their implications on national watersheds. Read more »
The House Agriculture Committee adopted the budget views and estimates letter which outlines the committee's budget recommendations for the agencies and programs under its jurisdiction for fiscal year 2012. Read more »
Rep. Frank Lucas (R- OK) and Rep. K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday requesting an investigation of the cost-benefit analysis performed by the agency for the implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Read more »
The House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing to review the impact of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations on agriculture. Read more »
Reps. Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Jean Schmidt (R-OH), and Joe Baca (D-CA) introduced H.R. 872, a bipartisan bill to reduce the regulatory burdens posed by the case National Cotton Council v. EPA (6th Cir. 2009). Read more »
The House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture, and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held a joint public hearing to consider reducing the regulatory burdens posed by the case National Cotton Council v. EPA (6th Cir. 2009) and to review related draft legislation. Read more »
The Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture held a public hearing to review the various definitions of rural applied under programs operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Read more »