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On the recordDecember 8, 2010
Most of these people can spell agriculture but they have never been on a farm and they just do not understand the value of some of the programs that we do have.
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Pat Roberts
Republican · Kansas

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Pat Roberts emphasizes the disconnect between policymakers and the agricultural community.

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