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On the recordJuly 24, 1996
let these little guys get a little piece of the pie here. If you are really for the small- and medium-size peanut farmer in Alabama or Georgia, then what you want to do is you want these folks to divest from these big quotas and start spreading it around a little bit for the little guys to have a bite of the Federal largess. If we are going to have a Federal largess, at least let more people benefit from it, let the little guy benefit. That is what this amendment does, this is a vote for the little guy. It actually will expand your base of support for the program and more will benefit from it.
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing an amendment to support small and medium-size peanut farmers.

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