Review of Federal Farm Policy: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000 |
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... I think , to the extent pos- sible , if the Government supports the efforts that we are taking as individuals and as industry groups , that stands a better chance of being politically correct for the long term and also has 1030.
... I think , to the extent pos- sible , if the Government supports the efforts that we are taking as individuals and as industry groups , that stands a better chance of being politically correct for the long term and also has 1030.
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... better than that in the future . It's hard to envision just discarding genetic engineering al- together , that it won't play some kind of a role . But , at the same time , we do have to be aware of the fact that we can get ahead of ...
... better than that in the future . It's hard to envision just discarding genetic engineering al- together , that it won't play some kind of a role . But , at the same time , we do have to be aware of the fact that we can get ahead of ...
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... better ways for us to stand shoulder to shoulder . And that's when we have unilaterally imposed sanctions . When we say we don't like country eggs but all our " friends " con- tinue to sell to them , who does it hurt ? The producers in ...
... better ways for us to stand shoulder to shoulder . And that's when we have unilaterally imposed sanctions . When we say we don't like country eggs but all our " friends " con- tinue to sell to them , who does it hurt ? The producers in ...
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... better trade policies , deregulation of onerous policies such as FQPA , tax relief , and crop insurance reform . We believed that such a package of reforms might give us the op- portunity to move forward without large Federal subsidies ...
... better trade policies , deregulation of onerous policies such as FQPA , tax relief , and crop insurance reform . We believed that such a package of reforms might give us the op- portunity to move forward without large Federal subsidies ...
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... better days ahead . To squander this contribution to American agriculture for the notion of deregulating farm policy is not good . Therefore , I think that Congress should undertake to create a new farm program with the expiration of ...
... better days ahead . To squander this contribution to American agriculture for the notion of deregulating farm policy is not good . Therefore , I think that Congress should undertake to create a new farm program with the expiration of ...
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Page 1822 - You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
Page 1443 - Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever He had a chosen people, whose breasts He has made His peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.
Page 1509 - Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.
Page 1738 - Drabenstott, director of the Center for the Study of Rural America at the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City.
Page 1426 - God, if ever he had a chosen people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. It is the focus in which he keeps alive that sacred fire, which otherwise might escape from the face of the earth. Corruption of morals in the mass of cultivators is a phenomenon of which no age nor nation has furnished an example.
Page 1259 - Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I would first like to thank you for...
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Page 1068 - Once again, thank you for the opportunity to address the committee. [The prepared statement of Mr.
Page 1111 - Mr. Chairman and Committee members, thank you for the opportunity to testify before the committee regarding the Captive Exotic Animal Protection Act of 1995, HR 1202.
Page 1427 - STATEMENT OF HON. GREG WALDEN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF OREGON Mr. WALDEN. Thank you very much, Mr.