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Rural America Solutions Group Sends Follow-Up Letter to Administrator Jackson on EPA's Job-Killing Policies

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Rural America Solutions Group Sends Follow-Up Letter to Administrator Jackson on EPA's Job-Killing Policies House Rural America Solutions Group Co-chairs, Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK), Small Business Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hasti...

The Ag Minute: EPA's Overreach Hurts Small Businesses

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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. Sam Graves, discusses proposed regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and how they will negatively impact small businesses and rural economies. Rep. Graves is the Ranking Member of the Small Business Committee and a co-chair of the Rural America Solutions Group...

The Ag Minute: Exposing EPA Overreach

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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. Adrian Smith, discusses proposed regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and how they will negatively impact everyone who lives, works, and farms in rural America. Rep. Smith is a member of the Rural America Solutions Group and recently participated in a forum h...

The Ag Minute: EPA's Proposed Regs Add Up to a Backdoor National Energy Tax

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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. Phil Roe, discusses proposed regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and how they will negatively impact everyone who lives, works, and farms in rural America. Rep. Roe is a member of the Rural America Solutions Group and recently participated in a forum hosted ...

The Ag Minute: Farmers Don't Need Another Mandate From EPA

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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 how the latest proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the Chesapeake Bay will negatively impact everyone who lives, works, and farms in the Bay Watershed. Rep. Thompson recently participated in a forum hosted by the Rural...

Forum Panelists Overwhelmingly Say EPA's Policies Are Hurting Jobs, Economy in Rural America

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov The Rural America Solutions Group, co-chaired by Rep. Frank Lucas, Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee, concluded a forum yesterday aimed at highlighting the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) massive effort to implement and propose unprecedented, overreaching, and burdensome regulations. Seven panelists fr...

Forum Examines Impact of Job-Killing EPA Regulations on Rural America

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Forum Examines Impact of Job-Killing EPA Regulations on Rural America Representatives Frank Lucas (R-OK), Sam Graves (R-MO), and Doc Hastings (R-WA), Co-Chairs of the Rural America Solutions Group, hosted a forum today entitled, “The EPA’s Assault on Rural America: How New Regulations and Proposed Legislation are Stifling Job...

The Ag Minute: Obama's EPA Has Become an Agency Gone Wild

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, Rep. Frank Lucas discusses how at a time of near double-digit unemployment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has embarked on a campaign to implement and propose unprecedented, overreaching, and burdensome regulations on our farmers, ranchers, and small businesses. Click here to listen ...

Lucas and House Members Tell Obama's EPA No More Burdensome Regulations

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK) along with his House Agriculture Committee colleague Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging it to refrain from imposing burdensome farm dust regulations on America's farmers and ranchers. Rep. Lummis spearheaded the effort and the l...