Tom Harkin: “I would like to compliment the Senator from Michigan for her great…”

On the recordSeptember 10, 2012

I would like to compliment the Senator from Michigan for her great leadership on agriculture policy, food policy. A big part of this bill is making sure that our kids in America get adequate nutrition, that our elderly get good nutrition. Our summer and afterschool feeding programs and feeding programs for our seniors are all wrapped up in this bill too. I was in Iowa in August and met with a lot of farmers, and they were a little perplexed. They said: Wait a minute. You passed a bill in the Senate? I said: Yes. So I ask the Senator from Michigan, did not that bill have the support of all the major farm organizations?

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Tom Harkin

Democratic · Iowa

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Sep 10, 2012

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