MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held a hearing to examine the economic conditions facing the pork industry. Members of the Subcommittee heard testimony from the Deputy Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as from pork producers, processors, and industry exper... 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 recent newspaper reports that describe the negative impact of a cap and trade system on rural economies and small communities. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript is below. "Recent newspaper headlines say it all when it comes to cap and tr... 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 importance of staying alert on the issue of cap and trade. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript is below. "Health care reform and the war in Afghanistan are dominating the headlines these days. But, there is another issue that we should... 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 importance of free trade agreements to agriculture. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript is below. "Export markets are critically important to America's agricultural industry. One fourth of everything our farmers produce is exported. US... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov An editorial about the Waxman-Markey bill (H.R. 2454) from Ranking Member Frank Lucas and Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) was published today in a special energy section of The Hill. In the editorial, Rep. Lucas and Sen. Chambliss highlight various recent studies that show the devastating im... 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 recent studies on the cap and trade bill's potential impact on agriculture. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript is below. "In June, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2454, the Waxman-Markey climate change bill. Now the U.S. Senate h... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas launched his weekly radio address called The Ag Minute. Each week, Rep. Lucas will discuss a timely topic that affects farmers, ranchers, and rural Americans. This week’s address tackles the spending crisis in Washington, D.C. Periodically, The Ag Minute will feature a guest host from the Agr... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov A report from CBS News reveals the Obama administration's private analysis that a cap and trade system will raise energy prices and cost households an extra $1,761 a year in new taxes. Using the Freedom of Information Act, the Competitive Enterprise Institute obtained this previously unreleased analysis from the Treasury Depa... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov An editorial from Ranking Member Frank Lucas was published today in The Oklahoman. In the editorial, Rep. Lucas welcomed Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to Oklahoma, and urged him to listen and learn from Oklahomans’ common sense approach to government and economics. Secretary Vilsack is visiting El Reno, which is in Rep. L... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, the House Committee on Agriculture Republicans unveiled the redesign of their committee website and announced the launch of their new Facebook and YouTube pages. Ranking Republican Frank Lucas issued the following statement. “I am pleased to announce the redesign of our website and the launch of our Facebook and YouTub... Read more »
