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The Ag Minute: America Speaking Out Gives Citizens a Voice in Building a Governing Agenda

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, Ranking Member Frank Lucas discusses the introduction of America Speaking Out, an effort by House Republicans to engage the American people in the process of building a policy agenda for America. Through America Speaking Out, the American people will be given a voice in setting the priorities f...

The Ag Minute: Kerry-Lieberman Cap and Tax Bill Recycled Version of Waxman-Markey

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This week during The Ag Minute, Ranking Member Frank Lucas discusses the Kerry-Lieberman cap and tax bill introduced in the Senate last week, and the efforts of the Obama Administration to implement a job-killing cap and tax program whether Congress passes a bill or not. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript is below. "Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman introduced their much ant...

The Ag Minute: EPA's Agenda Could Harm the Entire Ag Industry

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Jean Schmidt, member of the House Agriculture Committee, discusses the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) agenda and how it could harm the entire agriculture industry. Rep. Schmidt and her Republican colleagues on the Agriculture Committee sent a letter to the EPA expressin...

Report Released on 3rd Anniversary of the May 10 Agreement Shows American Agriculture Being Left Behind by Administration's Failed Trade Policy

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI), Agriculture Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK) and Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statements on the third anniversary of the bipartisan May 10 agreement as well as a report showing the harm suffered by American agr...

Lucas Discusses Threats to American Agriculture with Farm Broadcasters

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas discussed the many threats American agriculture and rural communities face with members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting at their annual Washington Watch event. Ranking Member Lucas issued a statement at the event in which he said: "Like many Members, I travel across my distri...

The Ag Minute: Next Farm Bill Should Prioritize Programs Most Effective for Farmers

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Jerry Moran, member of the House Agriculture Committee, discusses the Agriculture Committee's field hearings in advance of the 2012 Farm Bill and the importance of prioritizing programs that are most effective for farmers. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript is...

In Case You Missed It: Lucas Discusses Efforts in Congress to Block EPA

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov In an interview with E & E TV, Ranking Member Frank Lucas reaffirmed his commitment to pursuing bipartisan legislation that would block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. During the interview, Lucas said this about the bipartisan effort to prevent further overre...

Lucas & Republican Ag Members Ask for a Hearing on EPA's Endangerment Finding

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas, along with 16 of his Republican colleagues on the Agriculture Committee, sent a letter to Chairman Collin Peterson, requesting a hearing to review the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) effort to regulate greenhouse gases and the impact it would have on agriculture. In March, Ranking Me...

The Ag Minute: Congress Must Pass the Resolution to Block EPA

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, Ranking Member Frank Lucas discusses how important it is to the agriculture community for Congress to pass the Resolution of Disapproval, which would block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from imposing harsh regulations on the American people. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. Th...

Lucas Criticizes Senate Ag Panel's Efforts on Derivatives Bill

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Ranking Member Frank Lucas issued the following statement after the Senate Agriculture Committee approved The Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act. The committee advanced the bill on a 13-8 vote, and voted down a substitute amendment by Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga), which would have replaced the bill's language w...