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Tom Harkin: I give the Senator my word. I want the same thing he wants. It burns me up, too, to see some of these people who buy…

On the recordDecember 12, 2007
I give the Senator my word. I want the same thing he wants. It burns me up, too, to see some of these people who buy acres and they get EQIP money to put up a nice pond or a horse shed. I agree with him. Maybe we can get our staffs and get people to think about how we might fashion this to exclude those people from the EQIP program. I would love to see that happen.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Discussing the EQIP program and potential reforms during a Senate debate.

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