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Jeb Hensarling: “So we need a farm bill that promotes trade, Mr. Speaker. Next, we need death tax relief for our farmers and ranchers.…”

On the recordMay 14, 2008
So we need a farm bill that promotes trade, Mr. Speaker. Next, we need death tax relief for our farmers and ranchers. Somebody in the Fifth Congressional District worked his whole life building a farm and told me, ``Congressman, after the government takes theirs, there's just not enough to go around.'' You shouldn't work your whole life building a family farm only to have Uncle Sam take 55 percent. We need income tax relief. That's what a farm bill needs to help the true agricultural producers. Not a subsidy program, an assistance program for those who work hard.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas
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Addressing the need for a farm bill that supports farmers and ranchers.

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