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On the recordJuly 11, 2013
On the basis of such an eloquent statement by our ranking member, my inquiry is: At this point, could we not, in essence, table this bill and begin the process of reconstructing the bill, as the ranking member has so eloquently stated, in order to be able to feed America's children and not continue the starvation that this farm bill will create and promote for years to come? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Any requests for a disposition of this bill would have to come from the majority manager.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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