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Thomas Ewing: “Mr. Speaker, it is so simple, we should not have to be here. Yet we are here today because it has not been done. That is…”

On the recordOctober 10, 1995
Mr. Speaker, it is so simple, we should not have to be here. Yet we are here today because it has not been done. That is what the American people are unhappy about: Two Congresses, multiple bills, and we still have the regulatory rock around our necks. It is hard on agriculture, it does not hurt the environment, and yet, it even increases costs to consumers across this country.
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Thomas Ewing
Republican · Illinois

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Addressing regulatory burdens affecting agriculture and consumers.

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