MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov More agriculture groups are express ing opposition to the Waxman/Markey climate change and energy legislation (H.R. 2454). Since mid-May, 17 more groups have written letters to Members of Congress encouraging them to vote against the measure. To date, no large farm groups have endorsed it. The Waxman-Markey bill was passed by... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, asking him for the specifics on how production agriculture can benefit from a cap-and-trade program. This request comes on the day Congress Daily reported that Secretary Vilsack vows to advocate for an offsets program for agriculture and... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov A growing list of agriculture groups have sent letters to Congress expressing opposition to or serious concerns about the Waxman/Markey climate change and energy legislation (H.R. 2454). And, according to a New York Times article today, no large agriculture industry groups have endorsed the bill. The bill is beingconsidered b... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Rep. Frank Lucas, Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee and Co-Chair of the Rural America Solutions Group, along with fellow Co-Chairs Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) and Rep. Doc Hastings (RWA) held a press conference yesterday to highlight the impact of the Waxman/Markey climate change and energy bill on rural America. T... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas issued the following statement on the introduction of The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454). "Cap and trade is nothing more than a national energy tax, and the effects will be far reaching to businesses, consumers, and even more so to famers and ranchers. Whether it’s... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Next week, members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce are expected to?consider The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. Rep. Henry Waxman?(D-CA) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass) introduced the bill. A major component of?this legislation is cap and trade. As a lifelong rancher, as a student of Agriculture ... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Ranking Member Frank Lucas held a press conference to discuss and field questions regarding the impact the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) will have on the agriculture community and rural economies. Ranking Republican Lucas was joined by several of his colleagues in the House including Republican Conference Chairman Mike Penc... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas criticized the details of President Obama’s FY2010 budget because it includes more than $16 billion in cuts to production agriculture. “It is not enough for President Obama to promote a cap and tax program that would just hammer rural America with a higher cost of living, now he’s revealed th... Read more »
