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Jon Tester: “But the truth is that we were told that it just flat could not be done and now we are told it can be done.”

On the recordJune 12, 2017
But the truth is that we were told that it just flat could not be done and now we are told it can be done.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester criticizes previous claims about traceability in beef labeling.

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