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Tom Harkin: “It is just a darn shame that our farmers and our ranchers and our people in rural America and in our small towns are…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2001
It is just a darn shame that our farmers and our ranchers and our people in rural America and in our small towns are being held hostage to a game of politics this late in the year on this farm bill.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Discussing the political delays affecting the farm bill during Senate debate.

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