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Dick Durbin: “If they're selling Grandma Ayotte's Apple Butter, that famous New Hampshire apple butter, and they're selling less than…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2012
If they're selling Grandma Ayotte's Apple Butter, that famous New Hampshire apple butter, and they're selling less than $500,000 worth... they're exempt.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses the small business exemption in the proposed bill.

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