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 could use the lame-duck session of Congress - the time between the election in November and the swearing-in of the 112th Congress - to pass a national energy tax. Ranking Member Lucas calls on his Democratic colleagues to refrai... 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 in Congress has failed to address the critical issue of estate taxes. As a result, our next generation of farmers and ranchers do not know how much they will owe in taxes this year and cannot effectively plan for 2011. Click her... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov A report from CNBC explains the negative impact the Dodd-Frank Act will have on our farmers and ranchers on the day President Obama signed the bill into law. In the report, a rancher from Wyoming discusses how there could be fewer hedging opportunities, which will increase the cost of doing business. To watch the complete vid... 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 the proposed new rule by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration and some of the concerns American producers are raising about its potential impact. Rep. Neugebauer, the Ranking Member of the Subcom... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov With the Senate poised to bring the financial reform bill up for a final vote as early as Thursday, the far-reaching impact of the bill on the overall economy is still being understood. As reported in The Wall Street Journal today, the legislation was designed to fix the problems caused by Wall Street, but the final bill will... 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 U.S. Senate is expected to consider a climate change and energy bill before the end of the month. Ranking Member Lucas further explains how the proposals the Senate will consider would result in a national energy tax that would be devastating to the ... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov In a letter sent to House and Senate leadership and all members of Congress, 42 agriculture and food groups urged legislators to pass and implement the three free trade agreements with Korea, Colombia, and Panama. The groups that signed the letter, which included the American Farm Bureau Federation, stressed that the U.S. is ... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov According to a new study from University of Chicago economist Don L. Coursey, Ph.D., banning the herbicide Atrazine would damage an already struggling economy and would result in lost jobs in rural America. Professor Coursey's research indicates that a ban would cost corn growers between $26 and $58 per acre and would wipe ou... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas along with House Republican Conferees urged Senate Republicans to oppose the derivatives provision the Democrats added to H.R. 4173 in the middle of the night during the final conference meeting. As some press reports indicate, end users will face substantial costs related to this provision. ... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas praised Rep. Tom Rooney of Florida for his efforts during the full Agriculture Committee's markup of H.R. 4645, The Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act. Rep. Rooney offered two amendments to the bill, one of which was a bipartisan amendment that was cosponsored by Rep. Joe Ba... Read more »
