03/08/2011
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"The part of the budget devoted to firefighting has gone from 20 to 50 percent, taking away critical resources."
"I hope that given all of our support for organic agriculture and for specialty crops and all of that, which I am totally for, that we do not ignore the person who really produces the food and fiber fo..."
"We hope that you will work with us that and understand, again, the way that we come together to both recognize and respect one another's diversities."
"Our commodity programs are often criticized and seldom praised by those who have neither worked in a field nor whose livelihood depends on the weather."