Rep. Frank Lucas

Republican  •  3rd District, Oklahoma  •  10th Term  •  Sworn In 1993
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06/03/12
Washington news briefs, June 3

Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne, the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, has defended the program, saying limits on subsidies could discourage participation and threaten its integrity. The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider the ...

Source: Daily Oklahoman
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06/03/12
Roll Call

...the taxpayers' dollars." The vote Thursday was 386 yeas to 28 nays. DB: Dan Boren (D) TC: Tom Cole (R) JL: James Lankford (R) FL: Frank Lucas (R) JS: John Sullivan (R) House vote Issue DB TC JL FL JS Vote 1: Y Y Y Y Y Vote 2: Y Y Y Y Y Vote 3: Y Y Y Y Y

Source: Tulsa World
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06/02/12
Farmers pushing to keep crop insurance in new farm bill

...to 2011, our income increased 50 percent," she said. "But our expenses increased 58 percent." House Ag Committee chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., recently discussed a farm safety net to ensure that, "dramatic swings in commodity prices and volatile weathe

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05/31/12
Letter: Rep. Frank Lucas supported dangerous resolution

As catastrophic as a U.S. war with Iran would be, Rep. Frank Lucas voted for a resolution supporting Israel’s position that Iran not be allowed to enrich uranium for their nuclear power plants. The resolution that passed in the U.S. House of ...

Source: Enid News & Eagle
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05/31/12
House Agriculture Committee urged to consider specialty crops in farm bill

...about the need to defend specialty crop programs and to swiftly pass the farm bill. The letter, addressed to Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas, committee chairman, and Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, ranking member, requests “full and fair consideration to th

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05/31/12
House Agriculture Committee urged to consider specialty crops in farm bill

...about the need to defend specialty crop programs and to swiftly pass the farm bill. The letter, addressed to Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas, committee chairman, and Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, ranking member, requests “full and fair consideration to th

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05/31/12
House Agriculture Committee urged to consider specialty crops in farm bill

...about the need to defend specialty crop programs and to swiftly pass the farm bill. The letter, addressed to Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas, committee chairman, and Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, ranking member, requests “full and fair consideration to th

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05/30/12
POLITICO Influence: Lobbyists dish

Read Dave’s full story here: http://politi.co/KWkeiL -- Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) will conduct the latest in a series of breakfast fundraisers at 8:30 a.m. Thursday on Capitol Hill. The minimum donation is $500 per individual, $1,000 per PAC ...

Source: Politico.com
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05/29/12
Muscatine Kiwanis Club packs a lot of questions into a half-hour with Sen. Grassley during town hall

That’s because, according to Grassley, Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., who chairs the House Agriculture Committee, prefers price supports be continued on commodities including cotton, peanuts and rice, as do many other southern legislators, “If we don’t .

Source: Muscatine Journal
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05/27/12
Roll Call

...and other combat areas. The vote, May 18, was 299 yeas to 120 nays. DB: Dan Boren(D) TC: Tom Cole(R) JL: James Lankford(R) FL: Frank Lucas(R) JS: John Sullivan(R) House vote Issue DB TC JL FL JS Vote 1: N Y Y Y Y Vote 2: N N Y N Y Vote 3: N N N N N Vote

Source: Tulsa World
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05/24/12
Noem Fires Back On Attack Ad

On June 23, 2011, Oklahoma congressman Frank Lucas, the chair of the House Agriculture Committee, attempted to introduce Noem at her very first meeting. He soon realized she wasn't there and the committee responded in laughter. "I think the clip ...

Source: KELOLAND TV
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05/24/12
USA - Congress know the cost of everything and the value on nothing

“Apparently our Republican colleagues are kind of worried about what we were going to propose,” said Representative Chris Van Hollen ... as possible,” said Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, an Oklahoma Republican. Democrats “would ...

Source: Meattradenewsdaily (blog)
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05/22/12
Senate Farm Bill Not A Sure Thing

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and ranking member Collin Peterson ... Conaway added that he thinks a proposal made by Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, the Supplemental Coverage Option, is on the right track.

Source: Insurance News Net
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05/21/12
Oklahoma's congressmen file financial reports

Republicans Sen. Jim Inhofe and Rep. Frank Lucas last week reported outside income exceeding their $174,000 congressional salaries, while GOP Sen. Tom Coburn and Rep. Tom Cole also may have topped their government earnings. On the financial ...

Source: Tulsa World
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05/20/12
Uncertain future: Lawmakers try to find compromise on farm bill reauthorization

The House is working on its version. Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, recently criticized the Senate bill, saying it isn’t fair to all farmers and favors a few commodities like corn and soybeans. Southern lawmakers

Source: Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier
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05/20/12
Roll Call

...justification for spending an additional $400 million on a weapons program that simply doesn't work." An opponent, Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., said the program "is the only tested system that we have that defends the homeland of the United States agains

Source: Tulsa World
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05/18/12
House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Hearing

Before I go any further, I would also like to thank my Congressman Chairman Frank Lucas for his leadership of this House process and for recognizing the importance of fair treatment for sorghum and identifying its water-saving advantages. I am currently ..

Source: Insurance News Net
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05/17/12
Charting a Path To Reauthorizing Free Markets and Ending Statism

An insightful model for the flood insurance and farm programs is what Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX ... legislation being proposed by House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow ...

Source: RedState
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05/17/12
House Farm Bill Version Remains Work in Progress

In his opening remarks, Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., says the committees are wrapping up final hearings before final work on the bill begins. The work on crop insurance and Title I commodity programs is important. Lucas points to his own experience on an ...

Source: Farm Futures
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05/17/12
House Farm Bill Version Remains Work in Progress

In his opening remarks, Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., says the committees are wrapping up final hearings before final work on the bill begins. The work on crop insurance and Title I commodity programs is important. Lucas points to his own experience on an ...

Source: Farm Futures
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05/17/12
Senate Agriculture Committee leaders update farm bill progress

...and peanuts would be left without adequate risk management tools were expressed repeatedly. Stabenow said she and Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas, House Agriculture Committee chairman, have spoken “all the way through this process. … There is a different

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05/17/12
Senate Agriculture Committee leaders update farm bill progress

...and peanuts would be left without adequate risk management tools were expressed repeatedly. Stabenow said she and Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas, House Agriculture Committee chairman, have spoken “all the way through this process. … There is a different

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05/16/12
Federal bill easing bank rules is delayed

"As always, Washington has a tendency to overreact," said Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., who announced his House Agriculture Committee will delay votes on measures to pull back provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank legislation enacted after high-risk ...

Source: nola.com
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05/16/12
House delays action on bill that would scale back restrictions on investments

"As always, Washington has a tendency to overreact," said Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., who announced his House Agriculture Committee will delay votes on measures to pull back provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank legislation enacted after high-risk ...

Source: nola.com
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05/16/12
Senate, House take up JPMorgan

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) Tuesday postponed plans for a vote ... the public is of the opinion that too big to fail is the right size to regulate,” Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) said during the Financial Services ...

Source: Politico.com
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05/16/12
FBI probes JPMorgan, shareholders back Dimon

Congressman Frank Lucas, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, said he would delay a hearing on bills to rein in and clarify swaps regulation, citing the JPMorgan trading loss. New York City Comptroller John Liu, who oversees the city's $ ...

Source: Reuters
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05/16/12
FBI probes JPMorgan, shareholders back Dimon

Congressman Frank Lucas, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, said he would delay a hearing on bills to rein in and clarify swaps regulation, citing the JPMorgan trading loss. CLAWBACKS New York City Comptroller John Liu, who oversees the city's $

Source: msnbc.com
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05/16/12
Washington uses JPMorgan to double down on reforms

Republican Rep. Frank Lucas, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, said on Tuesday he would delay a vote on bills to rein in and clarify swaps regulation, citing the JPMorgan trading loss. The bills, which were set to be taken up this ...

Source: Yahoo Finance
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05/16/12
Senate, House take up JPMorgan

...Lucas (R-Okla.) Tuesday postponed plans for a vote on a trio of bills aimed at rolling back parts of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law. Lucas said that the attention to the incident had driven the delay on the bills, which were scheduled for a committee vote Thur

Source: The Politico
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05/15/12
Needham and Chapman: Farm Bill Provides Fertile Ground for Change

Already, the wheat and sugar lobbies are hard at work to protect their subsidies. The Republican point man on the farm bill, Rep. Frank Lucas (Okla.), dismissed the House-passed budget in a statement as merely a “suggestion” because it would force him

Source: Roll Call Online
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