Debbie Stabenow: “The Senator raises a very important question because economic…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2012

The Senator raises a very important question because economic certainty means that farmers and ranchers are going to be able to know what is happening next year and can go to the bank and get those operating loans and plan for next year what they are going to plant. All that certainty will be gone. Everybody talks about how we need certainty for the future and the economy, and I couldn't agree more. This will do more to disrupt rural America and our ability to have a stable food supply and agriculture than anything else.

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Debbie Stabenow

Democratic · Michigan

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Sep 13, 2012

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