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Norman D. Dicks: “Reclaiming my time, I just want to point out, also at the White House picnic, if you walked far enough down, you could…”

On the recordJune 15, 2011
Reclaiming my time, I just want to point out, also at the White House picnic, if you walked far enough down, you could see the garden with fresh vegetables and everything that was being grown. It had a label about what was what. Again, I just don't see what the harm is here if they're taking it out of existing funds. I always thought that the farmers of America were supported on a bipartisan basis in this Congress and that we like to know who our farmers are. So I agree with the gentleman, and I hope we can defeat this ill-considered amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
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