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Patrick Leahy: “If we lose these bats, it is going to cost our farmers in a whole lot of States, 25 States, billions of dollars in…”

On the recordMarch 3, 2015
If we lose these bats, it is going to cost our farmers in a whole lot of States, 25 States, billions of dollars in pesticides and everything else, as well as ecological problems.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy highlights the economic impact of losing northern long-eared bats due to white-nose syndrome.

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