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Jeff Flake: “This farm bill is bad for Americans. It will cost the average American family over $4,000 in terms of direct taxes and…”

On the recordMay 2, 2002
This farm bill is bad for Americans. It will cost the average American family over $4,000 in terms of direct taxes and price supports, inflated prices because of price supports over the next 10 years. We are abandoning the Freedom to Farm Act, and in its place, putting in a Farm Security Act. We as Republicans should not be doing this. Democrats should not be doing it either. We ought to look past special interest politics and look at what is best for American families across the country.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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Opposing the farm bill during a House floor debate.

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