On the recordMarch 3, 2010
It is literally a Steinbeck novel up there. It is a chapter out of Grapes of Wrath and it is not getting any better.
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congress.govKen Calvert: “It is literally a Steinbeck novel up there. It is a chapter out of Grapes of Wrath and it is not getting any better.”
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Calvert compares the Central Valley's situation to the hardships depicted in Steinbeck's literature.
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