Lucas Votes to Permanently Extend Tax Relief to Families, Farmers & Job Creators
Chairman Frank Lucas issued the following statement regarding his vote to permanently extend tax relief to American families, farmers, and job creators.
The following are issues that are important to the Committee on Agriculture and to Americans. The Committee and its members are committed to addressing these issues.
Farm Bill in 2012 ensures that farmers and ranchers have the tools they need to produce an abundant and affordable food and fiber supply is as important to our country as national defense.
The House Agriculture Committee is committed to shedding light on the events leading up to the bankruptcy and ensuring customers are made whole.
The House Agriculture Committee is keeping an eye on the regulations that affect our producers.
The House Agriculture Committee is working to ensure that Dodd-Frank regulations are balanced and do not impose undue burdens on America's businesses.
The free trade agreements with Korea, Colombia, and Panama are critical to revitalizing our economy and creating American jobs--particularly in rural areas.
The Waxman-Markey bill creates a national energy tax that will do more harm to production agriculture, American industry, and our standard of living for dubious environmental benefits.
Recent action by the EPA is just the latest example of the EPA blindly following its radical environmental policies and ignoring its effects on American agriculture, America’s food security and the American economy.
The Rural America Solutions Group will focus on solutions that create jobs and economic opportunities as well as address the unique challenges rural communities face.
Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas joined over 100 of his Republican colleagues in the House to cosponsor a disapproval resolution (H.J. Res. 77) that would nullify the EPA’s endangerment finding.
The Committee on Agriculture is committed to ensuring food safety for all Americans.