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The Ag Minute: H.R. 2584 Blocks EPA from Stifling Economic Growth

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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 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...

Opening Statement of Chairman Lucas at Derivatives Reform: The View from Main Street Hearing

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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...

Opening Statement of Chairman Lucas at Agricultural Program Audit: Examination of Title IV Nutrition Programs

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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...

Remarks by Chairman Lucas at U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness "From Rhetoric to Reason: Bringing Balance to Financial Regulations"

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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 ...

Remarks by Chairman Frank D. Lucas to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness

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"From Rhetoric to Reason: Bringing Balance to Financial Regulations" MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov ~As prepared for delivery~ 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 f...