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Lucas elected House Ag Committee chair

The House Republican Caucus has made it official, electing Frank Lucas of Oklahoma to chair the House Agriculture Committee in the 112th Congress. In a statement, Lucas says he will work with his colleagues “to enact legislation that eliminates the obstacles for job growth and entrepreneurship throughout rural America. And, I will work to make sure we write a market-oriented, fiscally responsible farm bill that will provide America’s farmers and ranchers with the necessary tools and certainty they need to produce the safest, most affordable, most abundant food, fiber, feed and fuel supply in the history of the world.”

The Congressman also promises; “We will hold oversight hearings of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has demonstrated a fondness for overreaching regulations that defy Congressional intent and threaten production agriculture and rural economies.”