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Jim Nussle: “I am trying to find where we are taking away picnics now. I am looking for picnics in here. I may not vote for this now.…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2005
I am trying to find where we are taking away picnics now. I am looking for picnics in here. I may not vote for this now. I did not realize we were taking away picnics, of all things. My goodness. How could we do that, my friend. I would now like to yield to the very distinguished gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite) for 2\1/2\ minutes.
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Jim Nussle
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