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Barney Frank: “There were two ways we could have dealt with it, yes. The gentleman and the Obama administration on one side. I disagree…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2011
There were two ways we could have dealt with it, yes. The gentleman and the Obama administration on one side. I disagree with the President. We could have avoided that by reducing American cotton subsidies to the same amount as we did with Brazil. So we could have either saved 300 million or not.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Mar 11, 2011

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The speaker discusses options regarding American cotton subsidies and their impact.

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