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On the recordJanuary 11, 2016
I just don't see it. Maybe somebody can clear up for me why in the world is the Department of Agriculture doing this, and putting such hardship on the small retail business community, and on the very American people that need this service the most, those in rural America and those in low-income America?
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David Scott
Democratic · Georgia

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David Scott questions the Department of Agriculture's impact on small retailers and low-income Americans.

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