House Ag Committee Chairman Frank Lucas says it's now been more than a year since USDA released a proposed rule that would dramatically change the way livestock are marketed in this country. It's been known as the GIPSA rule - and after it was proposed - Lucas joined more than 100 Members of Congress to ask Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for a cost-benefit analysis on the rule for public comment. That request was denied.

But during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing - Lucas says Cass Sunstein of the Office of Management and Budget agreed that public analysis is important - stating the fundamental importance for economic analyses to be available for public review...