MEDIA CONTACT: Skylar Sowder, 202.225.4982 skylar.sowder@mail.house.gov Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 4413, the Customer Protection and End-User Relief Act. This is a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that I introduced, along with my colleagues Ranking Member Collin Peterson and Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on General ... Read more »
Today, Rep. Rick Crawford, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit held a public hearing to review credit availability in rural America. Read more »
Rep. Glenn 'GT' Thompson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry, held a public hearing to review the interpretive rule regarding the applicability of Clean Water Act agricultural exemptions. Read more »
Chairman Frank Lucas issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Timothy Massad as the CFTC Chairman and Christopher Giancarlo and Sharon Bowen as CFTC Commissioners. Read more »
Rep. Frank Lucas, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Timothy Massad as the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Christopher Giancarlo and Sharon Bowen as CFTC Commissioners. Read more »
The Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit held a public hearing to review the state of the livestock industry. Members heard from two panels of witnesses that ranged from the Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to an array of experts representing the animal agriculture industry. Together, they highlighted issues, such as regulatory burdens, feed costs, drought, animal disease, and trade, that are impacting this sector of the agricultural economy. Read more »
Members of the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology and Foreign Agriculture examined current research and application of management strategies to control pests and diseases of pollinators such as honey bees. Read more »
Reps. Frank Lucas, Fred Upton, Steve King, and Tim Murphy sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius requesting information on the agency's efforts to oversee states administering the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which is intended to provide benefits to those Americans most in need of energy assistance. Read more »
