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On the recordDecember 8, 2010
We write legislation here and work very hard to produce a farm bill or any other bill, and then all of a sudden it goes to some federal agency.
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Pat Roberts
Republican · Kansas

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Pat Roberts criticizes the federal agencies for misinterpreting legislative intent.

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