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Harold Volkmer: “I would like to discuss, if the gentleman from Texas would be so kind to do so, the statement in here about the farm…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 1996
I would like to discuss, if the gentleman from Texas would be so kind to do so, the statement in here about the farm bill and emergency legislation. What emergency legislation would that be? I am on the Committee on Agriculture, and I would like to know what we are going to be faced with.
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

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Questioning the details of emergency legislation related to the farm bill during a discussion.

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