MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning. Thank you for being here today to consider H.R. 4413, the Customer Protection and End-User Relief Act. This is a bipartisan bill that I introduced, along with my colleagues on the committee, to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The multi-year process of reauthorizing the CFTC gave the committe... Read more »
Reps. Frank Lucas, Collin Peterson, K. Michael Conaway, and David Scott introduced H.R. 4413, the Customer Protection and End-User Relief Act. This legislation is a bipartisan effort to reauthorize and improve the operations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as well as address concerns relating to protecting customers from another market failure such as MF Global and Peregrine Financial. Read more »
Chairman Frank Lucas today held a hearing with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to review the state of the rural economy. With the recent enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014, progress on implementing the law was the primary topic of discussion. Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Thank you, Mr. Secretary for appearing before the Committee today. I am pleased we can visit knowing that we have a five-year farm bill in place to provide certainty to our producers and consumers. It was a long process to get to this point, but our efforts were well worth it and the Agricultural Act of 2014 is a product we ca... Read more »
Rep. Glenn 'GT' Thompson, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry, held a public hearing to review the impact of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and related legislation on the U.S. Forest Service. Read more »
Rep. Frank Lucas, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and Rep. Doug LaMalfa issued a statement in response to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) No-Action Letter to exempt producers, utility companies, and other non-financial entities from being required to register as a swap dealer when they enter into energy contracts with government-owned utilities. Read more »
Chairman Frank Lucas today issued the following statement on the dedication of the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug statue that is part of the National Statuary Hall Collection of the U.S. Capitol. Read more »
Chairman Frank Lucas today welcomed Rep. Vance McAllister, who represents the Fifth District of Louisiana, to the House Agriculture Committee. Read more »
The House Agriculture Committee met today to consider the budget views and estimates letter for the 2015 fiscal year, H.R. 935, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act, and a resolution commemorating the Smith-Lever Act, which established the nationwide Cooperative Extension System. Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning, and thank you all for joining us to consider a few business matters before the committee. These items include the budget views and estimates letter for fiscal year 2015, consideration of H.R. 935, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act, and a resolution commemorating the Smith-Lever Act, which established the nation... Read more »
