John W. Peterson said "I am not minimizing the importance of agriculture, because it is vital, what do we do in rural America. We farm. We mine. We drill for oil. We cut timber. We manufacture, all under attack, in my view, through the regulatory process of this administration. And it is where rural jobs come from, and it is why urban areas are becoming crowded and rural America is becoming more sparsely populated, because the jobs have been forced out of rural America. We have become as a country dependent on the rest of the world instead of strong and independent because of our own natural resources." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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I am not minimizing the importance of agriculture, because it is vital, what do we do in rural America. We farm. We mine. We drill for oil. We cut timber. We manufacture, all under attack, in my view, through the regulatory process of this administration. And it is where rural jobs come from, and it is why urban areas are becoming crowded and rural America is becoming more sparsely populated, because the jobs have been forced out of rural America. We have become as a country dependent on the rest of the world instead of strong and independent because of our own natural resources.

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John W. Peterson

Pennsylvania

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of regulatory processes on rural jobs and industries.

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