Frank Lucas

I do, indeed, have one further request, and then I will yield back to my friend from Ohio, who will close.

I now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Austin Scott).

End users did not create the financial crisis in 2008 and should not be regulated like they did.

Your testimony asking for greater oversight to the implementation process and concern that end users are being treated like large Wall Street banks is something that this committee and the Agriculture Committee have heard dozens of times…

The APH Adjustment would provide widespread relief for wheat producers.

The Agricultural Act of 2014 is a shift to a more risk-based safety net.

Producers in my state pay incredibly high premiums for their crop insurance coverage.

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey. I would simply note: let's cut to the point here. The CFTC, when finalizing the rules for registered investment companies, deferred almost entirely to the SEC to regulate them, so this amendment is in…

In crafting the Consumer Protection and End User Relief Act, I worked closely with Ranking Member Peterson to ensure that judicial review of CFTC rules would be on the same footing as a review of security laws from the SEC, the Securities…

This amendment sponsored by the gentlewoman from Washington and her cosponsors, the gentlemen from New York and California--all valued Members of the House Agriculture Committee-- builds on the enhancements of the cost-benefit analysis…

In a time of economic uncertainty, tight fiscal budgets, I advise against the use of valuable Commission time and resources on a study with some ambiguous terms and no clear practical use. H.R. 4413 already includes carefully crafted…

I would note to my colleague, I have no additional speakers and would reserve the balance of my time to close.

I wish to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Austin Scott), an outstanding Member who also has worked a key portion of this bill, and his legislation reflects it.

I wish to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina, Congressman Hudson, who has crafted a key component of this major reform bill.

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oklahoma is recognized for 5 minutes.

This ill-conceived law has created economic disruption in the livestock industry and set the stage for a potential $2 billion in retaliation as a result of a WTO dispute with two of our most important trading partners, Canada and Mexico.

The farm bill was quite an achievement; it contains a good deal of fine public policy that will be welcomed by our constituents.

This hearing of the Committee on Agriculture to review the state of the rural economy will come to order.

We need to get a lot more yield out of our forests.

It is with the greatest of pleasure that I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Benishek) who is so focused on these issues.

I would like to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway), one of our hardest working subcommittee chairmen.

Yes, Mr. Calvert, I do. I have already had a conversation with Chairwoman Stabenow, who is a strong supporter of PILT funding, as well as Chairman Hastings of the House Natural Resources Committee, whose committee oversees the program. I…

I would note to my colleague I have a couple of thoughts myself and I would conclude with that, so if he has anything else he would like to address.

I have no additional speakers, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I just would note that I wrote a letter to the CFTC last week with the leaders of both House and Senate Agriculture Committees asking the Commission to not ignore the concerns of the small ag players in the market.