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Mark Neumann: And that is the thing that our agriculture industry needs to understand. If this organization goes in with this policy…

On the recordApril 23, 1998
And that is the thing that our agriculture industry needs to understand. If this organization goes in with this policy of devaluation and they devalue the dollar in Indonesia by 50 percent, that effectively makes our farm products that much more expensive to ship in Indonesia, and it effectively shuts the markets down. Before I end this part of our conversation here this evening, though, I would like to come back to the gentleman from Minnesota and compliment him on bringing his Spam from his district to our meetings this morning. I would like to tell him that was excellent, and we certainly are appreciative of the products that are produced in our districts back home.
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Mark Neumann
Wisconsin

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Discussing the impact of currency devaluation on U.S. agricultural exports during a floor speech.

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