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Byron Dorgan: “I puzzled over that last evening, wondering why would the majority party be out here with that message? Why would they…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 1996
I puzzled over that last evening, wondering why would the majority party be out here with that message? Why would they say, ``If we cannot get the Freedom To Farm Act, we want nothing.''
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing objections to farm policy legislation during Senate floor debate.

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