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On the recordDecember 5, 2023
I think most people would agree that giving millionaires hundreds of thousands of dollars to heavily subsidize the cost of crop insurance is neither fair nor well-targeted.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Blumenauer criticizes the unfair distribution of crop insurance subsidies favoring wealthy producers.

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