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Sam Farr: “I represent the most productive agricultural congressional district in the United States, not only in production, but in…”

On the recordMay 2, 2002
I represent the most productive agricultural congressional district in the United States, not only in production, but in diversity of crops, and I go home every week and I talk to my farmers and they ask me, when is somebody going to get up and say that these farm bills really do not protect farmers? ... Until we get a farm bill that is fair to everyone and fair to totality, the holistic approach to our community, to land use, to animal husbandry, to humane practices and to making it fair for every farmer in America, we are not going to have a good farm bill. I urge a no vote.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

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Addressing concerns about the fairness of farm bills during a congressional debate.

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