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“U.S. FARM PROGRAMS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H2485 on April 29, 2004.
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U.S. FARM PROGRAMS
(Mr. STENHOLM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Speaker, this week a ruling by a committee of the WTO seems to have been interpreted by too many in the press that this was the end of farm programs in the United States. Furthest from the truth.
Let me encourage everyone to be patient until the 400-something-page report is read and deciphered by the House Committee on Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture, and then let us see exactly what they have said. Do not panic.
And let me remind everyone in the United States that we are truly blessed to live in a country that has the most abundant food supply, the best quality of food, the safest food supply, at the lowest cost to our people of any other country in the world. And to those who are critical of our farm programs that feed the American people in this way, take a good hard look and realize when you sit down at the dinner table tonight it is because of the American farmer and rancher.
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