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Tom Harkin: “I agree with him absolutely, there is a convulsion going on in agriculture today. We are spiraling into a deepening…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 1998
I agree with him absolutely, there is a convulsion going on in agriculture today. We are spiraling into a deepening crisis in agriculture all over America, especially in the Midwest. Yes, this issue is of vital importance to farm families and people in rural areas all over America. I do believe we have to take some time to lay out the case and to lay out the facts of what is happening in agriculture today. I hope that we will at least have some time beyond 5 or 5:30 this evening, maybe even tomorrow, to have some further discussion on the crisis in agriculture.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Addressing the agricultural crisis during a Senate floor discussion.

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