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Tom Harkin: “It is time that we move the Department of Agriculture, and particularly the FSA and the RMA, into the 21st century.”

On the recordMarch 31, 2009
It is time that we move the Department of Agriculture, and particularly the FSA and the RMA, into the 21st century.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the need for modernization in agricultural departments.

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