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Norm Dicks Statement on the 6 Month Continuing Resolution

September 10, 2012

This stop-gap measure will keep the government operating at a rate consistent with what we agreed to in last years bipartisan Budget Control Act. As Ive said all along, it was inevitable that we would return here and I regret that we spent the greater po

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Monday, September 10th, 2012

Press Contact: Ryan Nickel (202) 225-3481

WASHINGTON- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments regarding the continuing resolution to fund the government for the next 6 months:

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Reports on the Reckless & Partisan Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill, FY13

August 13, 2012

Press Release

"The bill proposed by the chairman - when adjusted for inflation and population growth - would bring funding back to levels not seen since 2001…The bill is also loaded down with numerous controversial partisan riders that have no place on an appropriations bill. This is by far the most partisan appropriations bill we have seen this year and a stark departure from the bipartisan cooperation we’ve experienced up until this point." Full Committee Ranking Member, Rep. Norm Dicks

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Norm Dicks Statement on the Indefinite Postponement of Labor, HHS, Education Full Committee Markup

July 23, 2012

Press Release

I had hoped that the Appropriations Committee would remain a safe haven from the partisan gridlock that has characterized this Congress. I would remind my Republican colleagues that we are sent here by our constituents to get our work done and make the

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Monday, July 23rd, 2012

Press Contact:Ryan Nickel (202) 225-3481

WASHINGTON- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments regarding the Committee’s decision not to convene a Full Committee Markup for the FY13 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations bill:

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Norm Dicks Statement on the Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations bill, FY13

July 17, 2012

Press Release

This bill is an extremely partisan proposal, stands little chance of even being brought up on the House floor, and will rightly be disregarded by both the Senate and the President. This draft proposal only serves to underscore the desperate need for bipa

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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

Press Contact: Ryan Nickel (202) 225-3481

WASHINGTON- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments after release of the FY2013 Labor, HHS, Education bill text:

“At every step of the Appropriations process this year, I’ve done my best to help return this committee to regular order.

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Farr Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup of the Agriculture Appropriations bill, FY2013

June 19, 2012

Press Release

Dodd-Frank expanded CFTCs oversight 8-fold from the $37 trillion futures market to the over-the-counter swaps market -- a domestic market of over $300 trillion in notional value. So just when the CFTC needs to scale up, theyre being slapped with deep cuts that strangle their ability to safeguard against another financial collapse.

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Farr at Press Conference on GOP Proposal to Cut CFTC by 41%

June 8, 2012

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The 41% cut from the President's $308 million budget request for the CFTC is unconscionable. It's designed to cripple the CFTC.

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Farr Opening Statement at Subcommittee Markup for Agriculture Appropriations bill, FY13

June 6, 2012

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The $25 million cut to the CFTC will have drastic effects on the American economy and will harm the American taxpayer. 4 years ago, our financial system failed. Over 8 million jobs evaporated. Millions lost their homes. Unregulated swaps played a critical role in the 2008 financial meltdown for instance, the near-failure of AIG was triggered by its substantial swap business. Dodd-Frank got to the root of the problem by charging the CFTC with swap market oversight.

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Farr Statement on House Republican Subcommittee Allocations

April 26, 2012

Press Release

Let us stop and think about what this says about our government.

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Farr Opening Statement at Hearing on FY13 Budget for the Commodity Future Trading Commission

March 22, 2012

Press Release

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on the front lines of bringing trust back into the market. Every day it is working to assure that the futures and swaps market operates with integrity, and away from the darkness which it operated in for years. With the hundreds of trillions of dollars that make up the swaps market, I strongly believe that this is not an area we want to leave to chance. This is an area that needs to be watched. Recent history has taught us that. That means that we need to fund the CFTC at a level that allows this agency to do its critical work.

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Farr Opening Statement at Hearing with Under Secretary for Research, Education & Economics at the Dept. of Agriculture

March 21, 2012

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I understand that none of this easy, but I think we can agree that research is an area that we cannot afford to lose ground on for the sake of our economy and the safety of the food we consume.

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