02/03/2009
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"Unfortunately, the Byron facility has really seen better days and it is now just sort of limping along."
"Very quickly, I notice that the fiscal year 2016 budget proposes a decrease of $2.8 million for two research projects that are currently being performed in Athens."
"As you know, we have another ARS facility in Georgia, which just happens to be in my district in Byron, Georgia."
"That facility has the world's greatest bank of pecan plants anywhere in the world, and it is a shame for it not to be maximized."