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On the recordFebruary 15, 2023
So, let's just assume that the FDIC or some other regulator or bank say to the community bank in Parkersburg, Iowa that you've got to make sure that you know what the carbon footprint is of the farmer and in 60 years of arming I don't know where to start to answer that question.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Grassley questions the feasibility of measuring farmers' carbon footprints.

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