MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Ranking Member Frank Lucas issued the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced details regarding disaster assistance funding. "This disaster program clearly picks winners and losers with little justification. Rahm Emanuel and his Chicago-style politics have obviously overridden any c... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas, along with six of his colleagues on the House Agriculture Committee, introduced a bill (H.R. 6087), which clarifies that the use of a pesticide consistent with its registration under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) should not be subject to a costly, redundant,... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas along with House Republican Conferees urged Senate Republicans to oppose the derivatives provision the Democrats added to H.R. 4173 in the middle of the night during the final conference meeting. As some press reports indicate, end users will face substantial costs related to this provision. ... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas praised Rep. Tom Rooney of Florida for his efforts during the full Agriculture Committee's markup of H.R. 4645, The Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act. Rep. Rooney offered two amendments to the bill, one of which was a bipartisan amendment that was cosponsored by Rep. Joe Ba... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Co-Chairs of the Rural America Solutions Group Frank Lucas (R-OK), Sam Graves (R-MO) and Doc Hastings (R-WA) sent a letter to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar, Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez and Natural Resources Com... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas praised Rep. Candice Miller for her efforts in protecting dairy producers from costly and unnecessary regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Last month, Rep. Miller introduced H.R. 5426, a bill that directs the EPA to finalize a proposed rule and exempt milk from the Oil Sp... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas announced the addition of Rep. Tom Rooney of Florida to the Republican membership of the Agriculture Committee. Rep. Rooney will serve on the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management and the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. "I welcome Rep. Rooney... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Ranking Member Frank Lucas issued the following statement after President Obama's Oval Office address on the BP oil spill. "I am disappointed, though not surprised, that President Obama is trying to use the Gulf oil spill crisis to push his disastrous cap and tax policy. The widening environmental crisis in the Gulf is a trag... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas issued the following statement on being named to the Conference Committee that will reconcile the financial reform bill. The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4173 last December. The U.S. Senate passed its own version on May 20. "This legislation will impact every corner of our econom... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack traveled to Hillsboro, MO today to host a long overdue “National Summit of Rural America” on behalf of the Obama Administration. As Co-Chairs of the Rural America Solutions Group, Representatives Frank Lucas (R-OK), Sam Graves (R-MO) and Doc Hastings (R-WA), have each released a statemen... Read more »
