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Tom Latham: “One of the reasons that last year I ran for Congress as a farmer and a small business person myself was because of the…”

On the recordOctober 10, 1995
One of the reasons that last year I ran for Congress as a farmer and a small business person myself was because of the sometimes outrageous regulations that are placed on farmers and small business people seeing the direct effect of what those regulations have on people who are working very, very hard every day, striving to improve the lives for themselves and for their children. That is one reason that I am so supportive also of Correction Days, because it does give us an opportunity to right some of these wrongs which have been put on the American public and which have no benefit to the American people, but cause great restrictions as far as common sense in the business and workplace.
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Tom Latham
Iowa
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Discussing the impact of regulations on farmers and small businesses during a speech on a proposed bill.

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