MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov House Democrats from the Agriculture Committee, the New Democrat Coalition, the New York Delegation and others have written letters to Conferees in the past week expressing support for the House-passed derivatives title. This comes as Conferees prepare to debate the derivatives title at Conference. Today, Rep. Frank Lucas, Ra... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Co-Chairs of the Rural America Solutions Group Frank Lucas (R-OK), Sam Graves (R-MO) and Doc Hastings (R-WA) sent a letter to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar, Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez and Natural Resources Com... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas praised Rep. Candice Miller for her efforts in protecting dairy producers from costly and unnecessary regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Last month, Rep. Miller introduced H.R. 5426, a bill that directs the EPA to finalize a proposed rule and exempt milk from the Oil Sp... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas announced the addition of Rep. Tom Rooney of Florida to the Republican membership of the Agriculture Committee. Rep. Rooney will serve on the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management and the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. "I welcome Rep. Rooney... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Ranking Member Frank Lucas issued the following statement after President Obama's Oval Office address on the BP oil spill. "I am disappointed, though not surprised, that President Obama is trying to use the Gulf oil spill crisis to push his disastrous cap and tax policy. The widening environmental crisis in the Gulf is a trag... 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 of Virginia discusses H.R. 5509, the Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act. It is a bill he recently introduced that will protect the health of the Chesapeake Bay while also ensuring the strength and vitality of our family farms and rural commu... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas issued the following statement on being named to the Conference Committee that will reconcile the financial reform bill. The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4173 last December. The U.S. Senate passed its own version on May 20. "This legislation will impact every corner of our econom... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Candice Miller of Michigan discusses H.R. 5426, a bill she recently introduced that would direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to change its designation of milk as an environmental hazard. Under the Clean Water Act, the EPA instituted a program called the Oil Spill P... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack traveled to Hillsboro, MO today to host a long overdue “National Summit of Rural America” on behalf of the Obama Administration. As Co-Chairs of the Rural America Solutions Group, Representatives Frank Lucas (R-OK), Sam Graves (R-MO) and Doc Hastings (R-WA), have each released a statemen... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Rep. Candice Miller introduced legislation today that would prohibit the enforcement of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations that treat milk the same as oil. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas, a cosponsor of the legislation, issued the following statement. “This is a common sense bill that wi... Read more »
