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On the recordOctober 4, 2001
Hopefully we are not going to bump up against this limit, because it is going to be very complicated however we do it, if we bump against a WTO provision that says we have got to pay back and somehow reduce the subsidies that have already gone out.
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Nick Smith
Republican · Michigan

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Discussing potential complications related to WTO provisions during a legislative debate.

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