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Sam Farr: “We all signed those agreements 20 years ago. I point out that we have signed these protocols. That is when we started…”

On the recordApril 11, 2013
We all signed those agreements 20 years ago. I point out that we have signed these protocols. That is when we started putting money into finding an alternative. Why have we been so ineffective in finding something that works?
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

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Farr questions the effectiveness of efforts to find alternatives to methyl bromide after years of funding.

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