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... Read more »
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 ... Read more »
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... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Randy Neugebauer discusses how every American farmer, family, and small business owner can expect automatic tax increases on January 1 unless the Democratic leadership takes up this issue in Congress and considers legislation that would extend current tax rates. Rep. Neugebauer ... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Ranking Member Frank Lucas issued the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced details regarding disaster assistance funding. "This disaster program clearly picks winners and losers with little justification. Rahm Emanuel and his Chicago-style politics have obviously overridden any c... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, Ranking Member Frank Lucas discusses how the Democratic leadership is proposing to spend more money and create yet another federal program to do the job of other existing federal programs. This week the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on H.R. 4785, the Rural Energy Savings Pro... Read more »
This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. John Shimkus, discusses how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering a ban on the use of antibiotics in farm animals and how such a practice would negatively impact public health and American farm jobs. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript is below. "Recently, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health – on which I am... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Cynthia Lummis, discusses how the Obama administration is considering more impractical regulations for American farmers. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reviewing the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM). The Second Draft Policy... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Mike Conaway, discusses how the Obama administration's method of spending Americans' hard-earned money without oversight or accountability is costing rural America opportunities for economic growth. Rep. Conaway explains the latest example of this method is with the rural broadb... Read more »
