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The Ag Minute: H.R. 3527 Protects Main Street Businesses from New 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. Randy Hultgren discusses the Protecting Main Street End-Users from Excessive Regulation Act (H.R. 3527), which he cosponsored along with a bipartisan group of lawmakers. It ensures that end-users, such as farmers and electric utilities, are protected from a proposed rule designed...

Lucas Statement on Obama's Budget Plan

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Chairman Frank Lucas released the following statement regarding President Obama's fiscal year 2013 budget proposal. "The President's budget demonstrates that neither rural America nor fiscal discipline is a priority for this administration. Raising taxes on small businesses and ignoring the real drivers of trillion doll...

The Ag Minute: EPA's Sue & Settle Strategy Makes for Bad Agriculture Policy

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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. Tom Rooney discusses the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) growing trend of developing public policy as the result of lawsuit settlements. This defective method of putting in place regulations that circumvent the public rulemaking process can negatively impact the agricultu...

The Ag Minute: Proposed Rule Interferes with Training Next Generation of Farmers

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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. Scott Tipton discusses the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) move to reconsider a portion of a proposed labor rule that relates to children working on family farms. The decision to reconsider the rule is a positive development, but there are still concerns within the agricultural ...

Opening Statement of Chairman Lucas at Business Meeting to Consider Legislation Amending Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Thank you all for being here today for this business meeting. In a way, we began preparing for today's markup nearly a year ago. That's when we held our first hearing on the implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. We've held a total of seven hearings in the past year, gathe...

The Ag Minute: Chairman Lucas Urges President Obama to Join House Efforts to Stimulate Economy

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, Chairman Frank Lucas discusses the need for President Obama to make good on last year's promise to rein in regulations that put an unnecessary burden on businesses. The House has passed nearly 30 bills to grow the economy, create jobs, and eliminate burdensome regulations, but right now those bi...