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Dick Lugar: it is almost inconceivable in the common sense of the American public that a farmer would not be able to plant tomatoes…

On the recordJuly 27, 2011
it is almost inconceivable in the common sense of the American public that a farmer would not be able to plant tomatoes or beans or corn or what have you on his land without these cumbersome restrictions
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Lugar emphasizes the absurdity of restrictions on farmers planting crops.

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