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Mike Johanns: “Poor Tom Vilsack has to go out there with that testimony and try to convince farmers on a hope and a prayer.”

On the recordJuly 21, 2009
Poor Tom Vilsack has to go out there with that testimony and try to convince farmers on a hope and a prayer.
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Mike Johanns
Republican · Alaska

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Johanns criticizes the challenge Vilsack faces in convincing farmers about the bill.

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