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GOP Rural Lawmakers Talking Fugitive Dust and Other Harmful Regs
Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:47:54 CDT
Leading off the 2011 Texas Cattle Feeders Association Convention in Amarillo were two of the leaders in Washington on agricultural policy. House Ag Committee Chairman Frank Lucas and Ranking Minority Member Pat Roberts of the Senate Ag Committee spent Sunday and Monday morning in Amarillo, Texas, speaking Monday morning to the 2011 Convention of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association. After they spoke at the opening general session- they bolted for the airport and a flight back to Washington.
While they both spent some time addressing the development of the 2012 Farm Bill in an effort to attach it to the Select Committee on Deficit Reducation's body of work that will face an up or down vote in Congress later this year with no debate- the audience of cattle feeders were clearly more interested in regulations that impact farmers and ranchers. Among the regulations that both lawmakers addressed was the GIPSA rule on marketing of livestock, Rural Dust, the definition of Navigable waters, COOL, Animal ID and more.
During the Q&A with the Cattle Feeders, Senator Roberts launched into a question on who ultimately is responsible for many of these regulations that may prove to be very harmful to agricultural producers. he started on "Fugitive Rural Dust" and the comments from he and Congressman Lucas went from there- we have those comments that you can hear by clicking on the LISTEN BAR below.
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