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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning. I’d like to thank Chairman Conaway and Ranking Member Boswell for holding this hearing. And I’d like to thank Bruce Nelson and Juan Garcia for joining us from the Farm Service Agency. Today’s hearing is the eighth audit of farm programs conducted by the Agriculture Committee’s subcommittees. We’ve evaluated every... Read more »

The Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, held an audit hearing to examine Title I programs and the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program. 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. 2584, the Interior, Environment and Related Appropriations Act of fiscal year 2012. There are provisions in the bill that would block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from exceeding its authority and stifling economic growth with unnecessary and costl... Read more »

MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Thank you all for being here today. I’d especially like to thank Chairman Gensler for joining us on our first panel, and I’m grateful to all the witnesses on our second panel for taking time away from your businesses to be here. This is our sixth hearing on the Dodd-Frank implementation process. We’ve heard from over 30 witnes... Read more »

MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov I’d like to thank Chairwoman Schmidt for holding this hearing, and I’d also like to welcome Ms. Rowe to the Subcommittee today. I believe that we would be holding these audits regardless of the time period in which we will be writing the next Farm Bill. With 14 separate titles covering a wide variety of programs ranging from n... Read more »

The House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing to review the impact of derivatives reform on end users and smaller financial institutions. Read more »

The House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing to review the impact of derivatives reform on end users and smaller financial institutions. Read more »

The Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture, held an audit hearing to examine Title IV nutrition programs. Read more »

The Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry, held a public hearing to review energy and forestry programs within the subcommittee's jurisdiction. Read more »

MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Good morning, and thank you for having me here today. Thank you for that kind introduction. I’m really pleased to be at this event, because I think it can serve as the start of a much needed change in how we discuss Dodd-Frank and financial reform in this country. I was reading a Wall Street Journal article last month—many of ... Read more »