02/25/2009
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"I think they need to cover all of the aspects of what American agriculture is doing."
"this is something Congressman Costa has long supported"
"If we want our farmers to be able to deal with extreme weather and avoid additional regulations, we have to create incentive programs that really have some meat on the bones."
"We have to start raising the limits on eligibility for a lot of these programs on population, and we have also got to stop using this antiquated rural versus metropolitan."