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Tim Kaine: “The price of that staple has gone up by 20 percent already.”

On the recordJanuary 11, 2022
The price of that staple has gone up by 20 percent already.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Senator Kaine discusses rising wheat prices affecting food security in East Africa.

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