REPRESENTATIVE FRANK LUCAS (R-OK) Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture Joined committee: 1997 1 Assumed leadership: 2009 Elected

to Congress: 1994 Formed PAC: 2010 Rep. Lucass contributions from agriculture industries increased as his seniority on the committee rose. During the 110th Congress, before entering leadership, Rep. Lucas voted disproportionately in agreement with the industries regulated by the Agriculture Committee. The following election cycle, the industries drastically increased their contributions to Rep. Lucas. Over the past seven election cycles, contributions from agriculture industries to Rep. Lucas increased at a rate far outpacing his total contributions. Campaign Contributions from the Agriculture Sector 1998 Election Cycle $70,451 $395,218 2010 Election Cycle $444,200 $1,088,725 % Change 531% 175%

Industry Contributions Total Contributions

During the 2010 election cycle the first election cycle after Rep. Lucas assumed a leadership position in the committee agriculture industries tripled their contributions to his campaign committee and PAC over the previous cycle, from $149,853 to $444,200. Total contributions doubled during the same time period, from $543,187 to $1,088,725. During the 2010 election cycle, agriculture industries accounted for 41% of the $1,088,725 in total contributions received by Rep. Lucas campaign committee and PAC. During the 1998 election cycle, agriculture industries accounted for 18% of the $395,218 in total contributions received by Rep. Lucas campaign committee.

Campaign Contribution highlights from industries regulated by the Committee 2 The Crop Production and Basic Processing industry donated more than seven times more money to Rep. Lucas during the 2010 election cycle than during the 1998 election cycle, increasing its contributions from $20,750 to $155,300.

CREW reviewed the online editions of the Congressional Directory from the U.S. Government Printing Offices available from the 105th Congress (1997-1998) through the 111th Congress (2009-2010). Therefore, the Congress member has been a member of the committee since at least 1997 and possibly earlier. 2 This section highlights committee industries that significantly increased their donations to the committee leader between the 1998 and 2010 election cycles.

The Agricultural Services/Products industry donated nearly six times more money to Rep. Lucas during the 2010 election cycle than during the 1998 election cycle, increasing its contributions from $20,250 to $118,750. The Food Processing and Sales industry donated more than six times more money to Rep. Lucas during the 2010 election cycle than during the 1998 election cycle, increasing its contributions from $6,500 to $39,450.

Votes on Agriculture Issues From 2007-2008, Rep. Lucas voted on average 77% in agreement with the industries regulated by the Agriculture Committee. In contrast, the average Republican voted in agreement with the industries 51% of the time. From 2009-2010, Rep. Lucas voted on average 54% in agreement with the industries regulated by the Agriculture Committee. The average Republican voted in agreement with the industries 58% of the time. Since January 2011, Rep. Lucas has voted on average 93% in agreement with the industries regulated by the Agriculture Committee. The average Republican has voted in agreement with the industries 87% of the time.

Voting history for industries regulated by the Committee 3 Rep. Lucas cast 35 votes on issues relevant to the Crop Production and Basic Processing industry from 2007-2008. He voted in agreement with the industry 80% of the time. The average Republican cast 34 votes on Crop Production and Basic Processing issues and voted in agreement with the industry 49% of the time. Rep. Lucas cast 23 votes on issues relevant to the Agricultural Services/Products industry from 2007-2008. He voted in agreement with the industry 78% of the time. The average Republican cast 22 votes on Agricultural Services/Products issues and voted in agreement with the industry 55% of the time. Rep. Lucas cast 14 votes on issues relevant to the Food Processing and Sales industry from 2007-2008. He voted in agreement with the industry 71% of the time. The average Republican cast 14 votes on Food Processing and Sales issues and voted in agreement with the industry 59% of the time.

This section highlights instances during the 110th-112th Congresses when the committee leader voted more favorably on industry issues than the average party member. In some instances, committee leaders voted more often on issues relevant to their industry than the average party member.