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Sam Farr: “Thank you, Mr. McGovern, for yielding and I rise with concerns with this rule. The rule in one part is good because it's…”

On the recordJune 14, 2011
Thank you, Mr. McGovern, for yielding and I rise with concerns with this rule. The rule in one part is good because it's an open rule, allows unlimited amendments, but the rule on the second part, which protects the work of the committee, fails to do so. This committee is about food. It's about food production, about food packaging, about food delivery, and about feeding people. It is the largest poverty program in the United States. We have a lot of poor people in this country of all ages, and instead of taking care of those people, this rule eliminates that protection. It protects those that have but not those that have not. I stand in opposition to the rule. {time} 1330
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California
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Jun 14, 2011

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