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Marcy Kaptur: I do have a bit of a concern about an across-the-board, an unspecified cut in the agricultural research service because…

On the recordJune 29, 2000
I do have a bit of a concern about an across-the-board, an unspecified cut in the agricultural research service because we have so much trouble in that account anyway. I think that the gentleman is obviously one of the leaders in this Congress on this whole question of giving the public absolute certainty about the food that they are eating and having some light shone on the regulatory process itself, and I think the gentleman has moved us along as a committee and is moving the country along. I wanted to commend the gentleman publicly for that.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

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Addressing concerns about cuts to agricultural research funding and commending a colleague's efforts in food safety.

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