National & World Ag News Headlines House Ag Republicans Want More Time To Study Cap & Trade USAgNet - 06/18/2009 Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee are calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to extend the timeline for considering a proposal to regulate greenhouse gasses. The bill, which originated in the Energy and Commerce Committee, seeks to establish a nationwide system to regulate carbon dioxide emissions by setting a cap on the level of emissions and allowing companies to trade for permits to emit. Pelosi set a deadline of June 19 to wrap up the Agriculture Committee's consideration of the legislation in the hopes of passing the bill before the July 4 Congressional recess. But a letter sent to Pelosi Tuesday and signed by all 18 Republicans on the Agriculture Committee called that timeline "artificial." "As a result of your stated deadline of June 19 for consideration, the Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture has told us that there is insufficient time to completely hear from all of our constituents, analyze this complex proposal, and act," they wrote in the letter. "With the magnitude of this bill, it is critically important that the House Agriculture Committee has sufficient time to work its will." Copyright © 2010 - USAgNet.com. All Rights Reserved.