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On the recordMay 5, 2017
I have got a question for all the witnesses. You do not go on a farmstead in Kansas and say, 'I am from the Federal Government, and I am here to help.'
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Pat Roberts
Republican · Kansas
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Roberts humorously addresses skepticism towards federal government assistance in farming.

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