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On the recordJune 14, 2011
I want to say that the concern that I have--again, not having the advantage of being able to research things thoroughly, but we're taking $1 million out of a $3 million account and putting it into a $77 million account, and it just seems disproportional at this point. I'm wondering if during the process there might be an opportunity to emphasize that we want the Ag Marketing Service to really be sure that they're following the E. coli situation. That would be helpful. I certainly would be interested in doing that and working with him, but I want to continue to oppose the amendment at this point.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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