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Mike Bost: “It should have been in the omnibus bill. And just because you don't represent cotton farmers in Michigan and Vermont…”

On the recordMay 16, 2017
It should have been in the omnibus bill. And just because you don't represent cotton farmers in Michigan and Vermont, there is no reason for you to have taken them hostage to get something that you knew would never work, and that was a dairy solution that was unpaid for to the tune of $800 million.
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Mike Bost
Republican · Illinois

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Bost criticizes the Senate for neglecting cotton farmers in favor of an ineffective dairy solution.

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