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James Traficant: the endangered sucker fish is living up to its reputation, sucking the livelihood from 1,400 farmers in Oregon. That is…

On the recordJuly 12, 2001
the endangered sucker fish is living up to its reputation, sucking the livelihood from 1,400 farmers in Oregon. That is right. This protected bottom feeder now has more rights than farmers out there. If that is not enough to fry your mackerel, this region has now been without irrigated water since April, turning 200,000 acres of farmland into near desert. Beam me up. Stop this sucker fish crusade. Free these farmers. I yield back the fact that this sucker fish sucks.

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Addressing the impact of environmental regulations on farmers in Oregon.

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