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On the recordNovember 18, 2014
And it is to no one's surprise that I am from one of the largest agricultural districts in the Nation, and I know that good stewardship is important to them, filter strips, and now with incoming technology, the ability to really--I think a lot of people have a perspective that this stuff just gets sprayed, to the point where it just runs off.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Shimkus emphasizes the importance of agricultural stewardship and new technology in farming practices.

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