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John Rose: “The gentlewoman was responsible, she and her colleagues were responsible, for reducing the price support level for…”

On the recordJune 12, 1996
The gentlewoman was responsible, she and her colleagues were responsible, for reducing the price support level for peanuts from $678 dollars a ton to $610 a ton. That is a substantial, tremendous financial hit on the peanut farmers of America. The gentlewoman has characterized it as not a very substantive reform. We think it was too much reform, but she has that to her credit. It is a floor under which the Government support program buys the peanuts.
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John Rose
Republican · Vermont

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Discussing the impact of reduced price support levels for peanuts on American farmers.

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