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On the recordOctober 11, 2011
Would we be better focusing our efforts in a time of limited budgets, should we try to fix that problem first before we go into this direction?
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess questions prioritizing efforts in addressing food deserts.

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