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 »
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 examine the economic impact cap and trade legislation would have on the agriculture industry. Members of the Subcommittee heard testimony from the Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as others fr... Read more »
This week during The Ag Minute, Ranking Member Frank Lucas highlights how cap and tax legislation jeopardizes our safe, abundant, and affordable food and fiber supply. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript is below. "We like to say that we have the safest, most abundant, most affordable food and fiber supply in the world. But this isn't just a boastful expression, it is a reality. ... 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 important it is to our farmers and ranchers that Congress act to permanently repeal the estate tax. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript is below. "Farmers work their entire lives acquiring assets such as land and equipment for their op... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Mike Conaway, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, highlights the importance of holding the administration accountable for disbursing funds for broadband projects under the stimulus bill. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided the U.S. Department of ... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Phil Roe, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, highlights the flaws in H.R. 3962, the health care bill that the U.S. House of Representatives passed on Saturday, 220-215. Rep. Roe ran a medical practice in Tennessee for more than three decades prior to serving in Congres... Read more »
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton (202) 225-0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov Today, Ranking Member Frank Lucas issued the following statement after he voted against H.R. 2868, the Chemical and Drinking Water Security Act of 2009. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the measure, 230-193. "This vote was another hit to agriculture and to the American consumer. Under this legislation, it's going to b... Read more »
