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Sherwood Boehlert: reclaiming my time, you cannot take anything away from nothing. That is what they are now getting, zero, zip, zilch…

On the recordMay 12, 1995
reclaiming my time, you cannot take anything away from nothing. That is what they are now getting, zero, zip, zilch, nothing. I want to say here is some hope. You might have an opportunity to get something. I think that serves our best interests. It serves the best interests of American agriculture, and I will urge support of my perfecting amendment.
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Sherwood Boehlert
New York

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Discussing an amendment related to American agriculture.

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