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Alan Simpson: “I would like to know where he got the average of $44 per farmer, because we cannot find anywhere where that information…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2001
I would like to know where he got the average of $44 per farmer, because we cannot find anywhere where that information comes from. In fact, it comes to about $800 per farmer from our information. And the information that he suggests that 1 percent of those sheep producers got 25 percent of the payments is just blatantly false.
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Alan Simpson
Wyoming

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Questioning the accuracy of claims regarding payments to farmers during a discussion.

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