I would like to clarify. We do not import chicken from China, period. And the economic impact estimated for the State of Maine will be something on the order of $74 million every single year in imports that won't happen. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Rouzer), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
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