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Doug LaMalfa

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Douglas Lee LaMalfa is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Republican Party, LaMalfa has focused on issues such as agriculture, natural resources, and rural development during his time in office. He has been an advocate for policies that support farmers and promote economic growth in his district, which encompasses a large portion of Northern California.

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Feb 27, 2017

It is just one of these things that you go hat in hand every year begging for the secure rural school funding. Instead, we could be doing the work in the forest and not have to do that.

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Feb 27, 2017

I am really perplexed... I have a lot of friends out there, along with companies like SPI and different ones, and I am frustrated with the lack of support that they did get 10 years ago.

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Feb 27, 2017

Defending Against Imitations and Replacements of Yogurt, Milk, and Cheese To Promote Regular Intake of Dairy Everyday Act.

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Feb 27, 2017

You can pay me now, or pay me later.

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Feb 15, 2017

What do you think the USDA's incentive is to deny these possible studies and the learning we can get from that at state level or New York City level?

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Feb 15, 2017

So if we were to have this discussion about things that are nutritional and we have items on the list that maybe are now eligible for SNAP but determined somehow to not be nutritional, is it really that much tougher to differentiate…

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Feb 15, 2017

I don't think that we have a role here in being the food police.

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Feb 15, 2017

So today we are talking about the SNAP program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Supplemental meaning in addition to what might be someone's personal income, or other forms of aid a family might be receiving.

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Feb 15, 2017

It is great cost to the people that are the assistance part of this program, and it is also of great cost to the people, for lack of maybe knowledge or the idea that the government is incentivizing it, sending them home with candy bars and…

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Feb 15, 2017

I actually agree with him on some of these issues that maybe we ought to look at incentives.

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Sep 20, 2016

If you have a million head of cattle that is consumed per year, and you lose 6,000 of them--I wonder what General Motors would think...

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Sep 20, 2016

I find it fascinating that the comfort level with which urban legislators can just dismiss what the impact is...

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