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On the recordJanuary 13, 2009
I just don't think, again, that we should lose sight of the fact that our farmers and ranchers do produce the food and fiber that now we desperately need worldwide.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Tom Harkin argues against changing the USDA's mission away from agriculture.

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