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Mark Neumann: “America is a country of extremely good people whose compassion leads them to do good and effective things. They know…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1996
America is a country of extremely good people whose compassion leads them to do good and effective things. They know something is wrong in America right now. The Government is doing what no American family can do, spending more money than it has in its checkbook every month. Today we are considering the farm bill, and I congratulate the gentleman from Kansas [Mr. Roberts] and the committee, on getting the farm bill to the floor today. This amendment to end peanut subsidies gives us the opportunity to put one more piece in making America great again into place. The peanut subsidies are little more than corporate welfare. They cost taxpayers $120 million a year, and then they cost the consumer $500 million a year in higher prices at the store. In this amendment, we have the opportunity today to end one more form of corporate welfare. I urge support of this amendment. Together, we will make America great again.
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Mark Neumann
Wisconsin
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Discussing the farm bill and advocating for an amendment to end peanut subsidies.

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