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Dick Durbin: And the key to that, I think, goes back 60 years ago where we married nutrition programs and agriculture programs so…

On the recordNovember 18, 2024
And the key to that, I think, goes back 60 years ago where we married nutrition programs and agriculture programs so that people living in the city of Chicago, for example, who hear over and over ``Illinois is an agricultural State'' but don't have any evidence of it other than what is on the table for their family to eat will have as much interest in passing the bill as my farmers down State. I am sure the same is true in the State of Michigan.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Nov 18, 2024

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