MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas issued the following statement after he rejected the Democratic budget. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the measure on a largely party-line vote, 233-196. “We have become entirely too comfortable talking about trillion dollar deficits without thinking about what that means for the fu... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas issued the following statement in opposition to H.R. 1256. “I am appalled at the blatant disregard for the public policy process. What kind of trick is being played out on the American people when half of H.R. 1256—the half that pays for FDA legislation—comes on suspension of the rules. And, ... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas along with eight of his Republican colleagues on the Agriculture committee sent a critical letter to Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, asking him to rethink USDA’s recent announcement that the department will require all farmers to sign a form, which grants the Internal Revenue Service (... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Lisa Jackson, and to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder urging them to petition the United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals for a rehearing of a recent decision by the court. The decision vacates EPA’s 2007 rule exemp... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, the House Committee on Agriculture forwarded its budget request to the House Budget Committee in preparation of the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Resolution. Below is the text of Ranking Member Frank Lucas’ opening statement during the meeting. “As you know our business meeting today is an annual exercise where we as a commi... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas introduced a bill (H.R. 1426) that will prevent the government from requiring livestock producers to obtain Title V operating permits under the Clean Air Act. This is in response to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishing the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on the s... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held a hearing to learn more about the current status of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Witnesses were the Deputy Administrator of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), four livestock producers representing different organizations,... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas sent a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, expressing great concern about the Obama administration’s position on eliminating direct payments to producers. Tuesday night, in his address to a joint session of the 111th Congress, President Obama called for ending direct payments... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Republican Frank Lucas expressed disappointment in the response of Gary Gensler, President Barack Obama’s nominee to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to questions posed during the confirmation process. Specifically, Mr. Lucas is concerned about Mr. Gensler’s views on merging the Commodity Futures... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Agriculture Committee Ranking Republican Frank Lucas announced the addition of Rep. Cynthia Lummis from Wyoming to the Republican membership of the Committee. This completes the Republican roster. Rep. Lummis will serve on the subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the subcommitt... Read more »
