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Charles W. Stenholm: “I am not standing here today defending the wool and mohair program of 1994. I fought for that then. I believed it was in…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2001
I am not standing here today defending the wool and mohair program of 1994. I fought for that then. I believed it was in the best interest. We lost. We lost. It is gone. He keeps talking about what used to be. I am talking about what is. And what is today is a $16.9 million program that is designed to help those who have survived. Twenty-five thousand wool producers are gone, out of business, eliminated. Seventy percent of our mohair producers are gone, eliminated, financially.
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Discussing the current state of the wool and mohair program and its impact on producers.

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