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David Scott: “We have to sound the alarm bigger. If we don't get some payments down to our Georgia farmers by April, we lose the…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2019
We have to sound the alarm bigger. If we don't get some payments down to our Georgia farmers by April, we lose the planting season.
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David Scott
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Warning about the urgency of financial support for farmers to avoid losing the planting season.

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