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Marcy Kaptur: “It is now into the fourth month of this Congress, and spring planting is now. People have to make life-and-death…”

On the recordApril 14, 1999
It is now into the fourth month of this Congress, and spring planting is now. People have to make life-and-death decisions now. I have had seed companies call me from back home saying, ``Marcy, I have debts from last year related to credit I extended, and I cannot do it again. I got a lot of farmers totally at risk here.'' And yet we are sort of fiddling here in this Chamber while rural America burns across this country and we cannot even get a conference committee appointed.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the delay in appointing conferees for a bill affecting farmers during a critical planting season.

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