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On the recordApril 13, 2011
If we are doing climate change primarily in its focus on agriculture and its effect on agriculture, why would that not be a part of the Food for the Future appropriation rather than being titled 'climate change'?
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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Isakson questions the categorization of climate change funding versus agricultural programs.

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