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Bill Foster: “I do not support the suggestion that the cutoff of the farm safety net should be placed at $500,000 of total sales.”

On the recordMarch 10, 2009
I do not support the suggestion that the cutoff of the farm safety net should be placed at $500,000 of total sales.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Opposes limiting farm safety net eligibility based on sales figures.

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