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On the recordMay 14, 1998
So there is no provision in this act that would punish the farmer or exporter if the product exported eventually reached a responsible entity?
Said by
Thomas Ewing
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the provisions of an act related to agricultural exports.

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