Ag Committee Members Challenge EPA Administrator on Agency's Aggressive Regulatory Agenda
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The House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing to review the impact of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations on agriculture. Ag Committee Advances Bill to Protect Producers from Duplicative Permit Requirement
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The House Agriculture Committee approved H.R. 872, The Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011. Group of Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Eliminate Duplicative Permit Requirement for Pesticide Applications
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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). Ag Committee Examines Economic Trends & Highlights Regulatory Burdens on Producers
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The House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing to review the state of the farm economy. Subcommittees Seek to Reduce Looming Regulatory Burdens on Agriculture, State Agencies & Small Businesses
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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. Subcommittee Examines How Funds Are Targeted for USDA's Rural Development Programs
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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). Subcommittee Further Explores Impact of CFTC's Rulemaking Approach for Dodd-Frank on End Users & Economy
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Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a public hearing to further review the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) efforts to write rules that will implement a new regulatory regime on the derivatives market under title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Ag Committee Republicans Stress the Negative Impact of Federal Regs on Production Agriculture & Rural Economies
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Republican members of the Agriculture Committee, led by Chairman Frank Lucas, spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of H. Res. 72, a resolution that instructs various committees to investigate existing, pending, and proposed regulations that hurt job creation and economic growth. Ag Committee Questions CFTC's Pace for Writing New Regulations
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The House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing to review implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Lucas & Conaway to Gensler: Adhere to Obama's Executive Order
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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Rep. Frank Lucas (R- OK) and Rep. K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) sent a letter to the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Gary Gensler, yesterday requesting that the agency voluntarily adhere to President Obama's executive order. The executive order calls for certain federal agencies and departments to revi... Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
