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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 efforts of the House Agriculture Committee to uncover the whereabouts of the roughly $1.2 billion in customer funds that remain missing from bankrupt MF Global, and to determine who is responsible for these losses. Last week the House Agriculture Committee held... Read more »

MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Thank you for joining us for this important hearing. I'd first like to thank the Ranking Member and his staff for their help in pulling this hearing together. I'd also like to thank our witnesses for being here. Each Member of this Committee understands the importance of the futures markets for farmers and ranchers across the ... Read more »

Opening Statement of Chairman Frank D. Lucas As prepared for delivery Thank you for joining us for this important hearing. I'd first like to thank the Ranking Member and his staff for their help in pulling this hearing together. I'd also like to thank our witnesses for being here. Each Member of this Committee understands the importance of the futures markets for farmers and ranchers across the co... Read more »

The House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing to examine the MF Global bankruptcy and reports that as much as $1.2 billion in customer funds have gone missing. Read more »

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank D. Lucas was interviewed for Bloomberg Television's Street Smart program on tomorrow's hearing on the MF Global Bankruptcy. Read more »

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank D. Lucas joined Speaker John Boehner and Republican leadership in a press conference on jobs bills today. Read more »

MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, Chairman Frank Lucas discusses H.R. 1633, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act, a bipartisan bill that prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating farm dust that is already regulated at the state or local level. Although EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has announced tha... Read more »

Chairman Frank Lucas of Oklahoma and Ranking Member Collin Peterson of Minnesota issued a statement after the House Agriculture Committee approved the issuance of a subpoena to compel the attendance of Jon Corzine, the former Chief Executive Officer of MF Global, at the full committee hearing scheduled for December 8 to examine the MF Global bankruptcy. Read more »

The Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Credit held a public hearing to review updates to the audits of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Inspector General. Read more »

MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Steve King discusses H.R. 3010, the Regulatory Accountability Act, which the U.S. House of Representatives is slated to consider this week. The bill ensures that regulators do not impose unjustified costs on job creators during a time when the U.S. economy can least afford it. Th... Read more »