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Sam Farr: Thank you very much for yielding. And we didn't give it enough money to do that. And then in the last thing, we dropped…

On the recordNovember 17, 2011
Thank you very much for yielding. And we didn't give it enough money to do that. And then in the last thing, we dropped some crazy part into this program, which I think has gotten a lot of negative attention this week and deserves it, and that is that we, without any discussion or going to the rule, it pre- determines that the new regulations on tomato paste and tomato puree and sodium can be part of the school nutrition program. They didn't consult with us. That's wrong, and that shouldn't be done. But it's a good compromise bill. It's good. It means food for Americans; it means certainty for our farmers. It means help for the hungry around the world. I ask my colleagues to support it.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California
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Nov 17, 2011

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