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David Scott: “But when things were then handed off to people at Office of Management and Budget, who consider the American farmer and…”

On the recordMay 8, 2019
But when things were then handed off to people at Office of Management and Budget, who consider the American farmer and the American farm family nothing but subsidy-sucking freeloaders, then there is a disconnect in what is actually coming out of the Administration and what the Administration is telling us they are going to do.
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David Scott
Democratic · Georgia

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Scott criticized the Administration's view of farmers and the disconnect in support.

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