Fw: The Ag Minute: Obama Continues to Push for Job Killing Cap & TaxPlan

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:07:21 -0500

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Subject: The Ag Minute: Obama Continues to Push for Job Killing Cap & Tax Plan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 29, 2010 MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara Hinton, 202.225.0184 tamara.hinton@mail.house.gov The Ag Minute: Obama Continues to Push for Job Killing Cap & Tax Plan WASHINGTON – This week during The Ag Minute, Ranking Member Frank Lucas discusses how President Obama continues to push for a job killing cap and tax bill that would result in lost jobs, higher energy costs and higher food prices. Just today President Obama met with nearly two dozen senators at the White House to try to push his disastrous energy plan. Click here to listen to The Ag Minute. The transcript is below. "According to recent polls, more than sixty percent of the American public thinks our country is moving in the wrong direction. And, the President's job approval rating continues to drop. Despite this, President Obama continues to push for policies, such as cap and tax that are not only unpopular, but would be devastating to an already suffering economy. An effort to pass a cap and tax bill has stalled in the Senate, but that hasn't prevented President Obama from bullying legislators on this issue.  On Tuesday he met with various Senators to push for it saying afterwards he was confident it would pass this year. President Obama is even exploiting the widening oil spill crisis in the Gulf as a way to advance this job-killing energy plan.  It's been one year since the House passed the Waxman-Markey cap and tax bill.  I voted against it because the agriculture industry would not survive under the heavy burdens of a cap and tax plan where higher production costs would be a certainty. The American people understand that our country needs real leadership on the most important issues of the day.  We need to focus on exploring all economic and energy options that encourage innovation and economic growth, rather than continuing on the misguided course this administration is following." The Ag Minute is Ranking Member Lucas's weekly radio address that is released each Tuesday from the House Agriculture Committee Republicans. To listen to previous radio addresses click here. ### Agriculture Committee Republican Press Office http://agriculture.house.gov/republicans

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Fw: Lincoln to Hold First Farm Bill Hearing Tomorrow

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From: "Rowe, Courtney (Agriculture)" <Courtney_Rowe@agriculture.senate.gov>

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:59:54 -0500

Subject: Lincoln to Hold First Farm Bill Hearing Tomorrow

 

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 29, 2010

Contact: Courtney Rowe, 202-224-2035

 

Lincoln to Hold First Farm Bill Hearing Wednesday

 

Washington – U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced that the Committee will hold its first farm bill hearing on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. in G50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The hearing will focus on maintaining a strong U.S. farm policy.

 

"The farm bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation Congress considers on behalf of rural America and our nation's farmers and ranchers," said Lincoln. "This first hearing will focus on maintaining a sound U.S. farm policy to protect our most vital resource - our food supply. Our food security, millions of jobs and a good share of our national economy depend on the work our farmers and ranchers do every day. The farm bill is necessary and vitally important to ensure we continue to have a safe, reliable and affordable supply of food and fiber."

 

Expanding Our Food and Fiber Supply through a Strong U.S. Farm Policy

Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010  

Time: 9:30 a.m.

Location: G50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building

 

As Chairman, Lincoln is charged with leading the Committee through the multi-year process of writing and passing the nation's next farm bill. Lincoln plans to hold multiple hearings over the next few months, focused on various issues that will be addressed in the legislation, covering the scope of American agriculture.

 

Lincoln, who hails from a seventh-generation Arkansas farm family, became the first woman and the first Arkansan to serve as Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee on September 9, 2009. She has served on the Committee since first being elected to the Senate in 1999.

 

Witness List

 

 

Panel 1: Administration

 

Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C.

 

Panel 2: National Organizations

 

Roger Johnson, President, National Farmers Union, Washington, DC 

 

Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, DC 

 

Panel 3: Producers

 

 Dow Brantley, Farmer, England, Arkansas

 

Thomas "Johnny" Cochran, Farmer, Sylvester, Georgia

 

Chris Pawelski, Farmer, Goshen, New York

 

 Mark Watne, Farmer, Jamestown, North Dakota

 

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