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Opening Statement of Chairman Lucas at Dodd-Frank Derivatives Reform: Challenges Facing U.S. and International Markets Subcommittee Hearing

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­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning. Chairman Conaway, I appreciate you holding this timely and important hearing to examine very real challenges that are facing both the U.S. and international regulators as they attempt to balance various reforms across a global marketplace. I hope we can all agree that reforming the OTC derivativ...

Lucas Selected to Serve a Second Term as Chairman

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Rep. Frank Lucas of Oklahoma issued the following statement after the House Republican Conference re-elected him to serve a second term as Chairman of the Agriculture Committee for the 113th Congress.

Lucas Selected to Serve a Second Term as Chairman

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Rep. Frank Lucas of Oklahoma issued the following statement after the House Republican Conference re-elected him to serve a second term as Chairman of the Agriculture Committee for the 113th Congress.

The Ag Minute: Long Term Estate Tax Reform Needed to Protect the Tradition of Family Farms

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson discusses the importance of providing American farmers and ranchers a long term solution to the estate tax. Without a permanent fix families could be forced to sell their farms to pay an arbitrary tax debt. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript...

The Ag Minute: H.R. 6194 Protects Specialty Crop Growers from Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Jean Schmidt discusses the United States requests for critical use exemptions (CUEs) that are being arbitrarily blocked by other countries in the Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee (MBTOC). Methyl bromide has been an effective fumigant for specialty crop growers, however ...

The Ag Minute: House Responds to Critical Livestock Disaster Needs

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. K. Michael Conaway discusses the recent efforts of the U.S. House of Representatives to address critical livestock disaster assistance programs that expired last year. In a bipartisan vote of 223 to 197, the House passed H.R. 6233, the Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012...