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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good afternoon, and welcome to the first meeting of the House-Senate Conference Committee charged with negotiating a compromise between the House and Senate-passed farm bills. I could not be more pleased to be at this point in the process. I appreciate all of your work to get us here and your willingness to serve on this impor... Read more »

Chairman Frank Lucas tells the Tulsa World "when you understand what farmers and ranchers go through you're just willing to work a little harder to give them the tools to keep on doing what they do, and that benefits all the rest of us in the country." Read more »

House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders announced today that the first public meeting for the 2013 Farm Bill conference committee will be held next week on Wednesday, October 30 at 1:00 p.m. ET. Read more »

MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov In his remarks to the nation this morning, President Obama said the following: “[N]umber three. We should pass a farm bill, one that American farmers and ranchers can depend on, one that protects vulnerable children and adults in times of need, one that gives rural communities opportunities to grow and the long-term certainty ... Read more »

Chairman Frank Lucas issued the following statement after House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) named the Republican members who will serve on the House-Senate Conference Committee tasked with resolving differences between the House and Senate-passed Farm Bills. Read more »

Chairman Frank Lucas of Oklahoma issued the following statement welcoming the news in recent reports that the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Board voted to oppose conservation compliance linked to crop insurance. Read more »

Rep. K. Michael Conaway, Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, held a fourth hearing on the future of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Read more »

View the PDF of Bicameral-Bipartisan Ag Letter to CFTC on Customer Protection Rule Read more »

Chairman Frank Lucas of Oklahoma issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3102, the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013, by a vote of 217-210. Read more »

This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Austin Scott discusses, H.R.935, one of the many regulatory relief measures included in H.R. 2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act of 2013. Read more »