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Ag Committee Chair Frank Lucas Talks "Farm Bill Farm Bill" Significance at Ag Issues Summit

Tue, 10 Sep 2013 05:35:49 CDT

Ag Committee Chair Frank Lucas Talks The Southwest Ag Issues Summit continues- and those in attendance on Monday morning heard from the Chairman of the House Ag Committee in the US Congress- Oklahoma Third District Congressman Frank Lucas.


Lucas, as you might expect, talked about the 2013 Farm Bill process- as he described the roller coaster ride of moving a farm bill closer to a conclusion. He spoke of the low point of the process- when the full House defeated the House Ag Committee's Farm Bill earlier this summer- and the decision that he had to make in allowing a vote to occur that was likely to be a defeat for the measure.


Out of that came the "farm bill farm bill" that was passed on a straight party line vote- which Lucas calls very significant because it means that no matter what happens with the proposed stand alone Nutrition Bill that Eric Cantor and other Republicans are promoting that would cut forty billion dollars from food stamp programs over a ten year period- because of the measure that has passed the full house- there is a vehicle that makes the process "Conference-able" with the US Senate.


Lucas strongly believes that we will get a farm bill deal done before the end of 2013- and pledges it will be a safety net for all commodities and producers- not just something tailored for a couple of crops.


Click on the LISTEN BAR below to hear the full presentation made by Lucas to the Southwest Ag Issues Summit on Monday in downtown Oklahoma City.





   
   

House Ag Committee Chairman Frank Lucas Addresses the Southwest Ag Issues Summit in OKC
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