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On the recordMarch 23, 2015
How would it impact our ability to provide affordable and nutritious food to the American families, and would it not raise the cost of food, thereby hurting low-income Americans more than anybody?
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Austin Scott
Republican · Georgia

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Scott questions the economic impact of food labeling on low-income families.

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