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Joseph Skeen: I give him my assurance that as this bill moves through the legislative process, I will do all that I can to work with…

On the recordJuly 10, 2000
I give him my assurance that as this bill moves through the legislative process, I will do all that I can to work with the other body to provide much needed funding for the growers in southwest Michigan whose crops have been devastated by fire blight.
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Joseph Skeen
Republican · New Mexico

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Addressing funding for growers in southwest Michigan affected by fire blight.

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