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J. Exon: “I happen to think that he was one of the better qualified Republican candidates for President of the United States, and…”

On the recordMarch 27, 1996
I happen to think that he was one of the better qualified Republican candidates for President of the United States, and I saw the gentlemanly type of campaign that he ran. I was rather surprised that he did not catch on more than he did, but then, gentlemen do not always win. We are at odds under the present bill. My point is, I want to drive it home once again, the Senator from Indiana indicated that the Agriculture Committee will monitor and look at this program as we go down the road. My point is--and I might be wrong, and I hope I am--but the farm program that is initiated with this freedom-to-farm act and the transition payments that go therewith, will so poison the well that even if the Agriculture Committee of the House and Senate think changes should be made, the public mood at that time will be to say, ``What are you telling us?...
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J. Exon
Democratic · Nebraska
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Discussing concerns about the impact of the freedom-to-farm act during Senate debate.

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