MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, Ranking Member Frank Lucas highlights how President Obama's budget proposal is fiscally irresponsible. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript is below. "The President's budget proposal is in and it's unbelievable. "For the second year in a row, the Obama budget proposes record-le... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, Ranking Member Frank Lucas highlights how our government should work for the people, by the people. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript is below. "We have an expression in Oklahoma that says ‘there's a fine line between doing things for people and doing things to people.' "My ... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, Ranking Member Frank Lucas highlights the need for the agriculture community to be fully engaged in the political process and stay alert on the issue of cap and trade. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript is below. "Last week, Bob Stallman, the president of the American Farm Bu... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, Ranking Member Frank Lucas highlights the need for President Obama to listen to the American people as he enters into the second year of his administration. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript is below. "One year has passed since President Obama moved into the White House unde... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, U.S. Representative Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) and U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) , Ranking Members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, respectively, sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson requesting the agency correct the Forest and Agriculture Sector Optimi... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, U.S. Representative Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) and U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) , Ranking Members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, respectively, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack regarding his recent remarks on the Department's climate change legislation anal... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, Ranking Member Frank Lucas highlights the need for President Obama to refrain from making promises on climate change that will destroy our economy. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript is below. "Soon President Obama will head to Copenhagen, Denmark to attend the United Nations... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research held a hearing to review the Executive Order for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and H.R. 3852, which would codify the Executive Order. Members of the Subcommittee heard testimony from representatives of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Bob Goodlatte, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, highlights how the Obama administration is attempting to push Congress to pass its cap and tax bill. Rep. Goodlatte is the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Click here to ... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, members of the U.S. House of Representatives are expected to vote on H.R. 4154, Permanent Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act of 2009. Despite the name of the bill, this legislation will increase the tax liability for our farmers and ranchers during a time when they are struggling to make a livin... Read more »
