Regulatory Watch
“Farming is hard enough as it is without government agencies piling on additional burdens with irrational, overreaching, and costly regulations.”
- Chairman Frank D. Lucas
Farmers, ranchers, and foresters produce food and fiber for America while serving as stewards of their land for future generations. They are doing so in the face of growing challenges, however. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been pursuing an agenda that has unjustifiably increased the cost of doing business for America’s farmers and ranchers. If EPA continues down this path, many of them will be driven out of business forever.
The House Agriculture Committee is keeping an eye on the regulations that affect our producers.
Latest News:
Lucas: Once Again Obama's EPA Seeks to Expand Regulatory Reach Without Authority
April 27, 2011
The Ag Minute: H.R. 910 Protects Agriculture From EPA Overreach
April 5, 2011
Lucas & Peterson Praise House Passage of H.R. 872
March 31, 2011
Ag Committee Members Challenge EPA Administrator on Agency's Aggressive Regulatory Agenda
March 10, 2011
Ag Committee Examines Economic Trends & Highlights Regulatory Burdens on Producers
February 17, 2011
Legislation:
H.R. 872, Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011
Hearings:
Joint Public Hearing to Review the Costs of Federal Regulatory Dysfunction to American Jobs, Agriculture, Health and Species
May 3, 2011
Public hearing to review the Chesapeake Bay TMDL, agricultural conservation practices, and their implications on national watersheds
March 16, 2011
Public hearing to review the impact of EPA regulation on agriculture
March 10, 2011
Public hearing to consider reducing the regulatory burdens posed by the case National Cotton Council v. EPA (6th Cir. 2009) and to review related draft legislation
February 16, 2011
Letters:
Letter to EPA and Army Corps of Engineers: Concerns with Clean Water Protection Guidance
April 14, 2011
Letter to EPA on Regulation Affecting Rural Job Creation
October 28, 2010
Letter to EPA on National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter (Dust)
September 27, 2010