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On the recordSeptember 13, 2022
Paul Revere will be very proud of you. As I said, the British might not be coming, but a food shortage, a crisis is coming if we fail to act.
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Jim Baird
Republican · Missouri

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Baird warns of an impending food crisis if action is not taken.

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