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JOHN LINDER: If we could lower the cost of production in Florida of fruits and vegetables by 15 percent, Latin America could not…

On the recordMay 11, 2004
If we could lower the cost of production in Florida of fruits and vegetables by 15 percent, Latin America could not compete with us. If we could lower it by 20 percent, we would blow them out of town.
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JOHN LINDER
Georgia

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Discussing the competitiveness of Florida's agricultural production.

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