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Sonny Bono: they do not have protection right now. That is the problem. They are stuck with this, cannot get a response from USDA.…

On the recordJune 12, 1996
they do not have protection right now. That is the problem. They are stuck with this, cannot get a response from USDA. And they have a study, a more recent study than the USDA's that shows that the liability is not nearly to the degree that the USDA has placed on it, but they are just stuck. There is no response from the USDA.
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Sonny Bono
California

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Discussing issues with USDA responses and liability concerns.

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