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House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank D. Lucas joined Speaker John Boehner and Republican leadership in a press conference on jobs bills today. Read more »

The Washington Examiner published an editorial by Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank D. Lucas today, calling on the Senate to take action on H.R. 872, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act. Read more »

Chairman Frank Lucas spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. Read more »

An editorial from The Wall Street Journal today explains that a solution exists to avoid the legal limbo. H.R. 1573, a bill that has passed both the House Agriculture Committee and the Financial Services Committee, extends the statutory deadline for implementing Dodd-Frank. Read more »

A report in The Wall Street Journal today highlights the concerns of end-users with the recent proposed rule on margin requirements issued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on behalf of prudential regulators. Read more »

Chairman Frank Lucas spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011. Read more »

In a special report for the current edition of FB News, Rep. Frank Lucas, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, is profiled by the American Farm Bureau Federation. Read more »

MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov An op-ed in The New York Times today highlights concerns that many in the agriculture community have about the far-reaching impact of the Dodd-Frank Act. Of particular concern is how the law's derivatives language will affect the way farmers and ranchers manage risk. Producers depend on the use of derivatives to protect them ... Read more »

MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov A report from CNBC explains the negative impact the Dodd-Frank Act will have on our farmers and ranchers on the day President Obama signed the bill into law. In the report, a rancher from Wyoming discusses how there could be fewer hedging opportunities, which will increase the cost of doing business. To watch the complete vid... Read more »

MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov With the Senate poised to bring the financial reform bill up for a final vote as early as Thursday, the far-reaching impact of the bill on the overall economy is still being understood. As reported in The Wall Street Journal today, the legislation was designed to fix the problems caused by Wall Street, but the final bill will... Read more »