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Fair trade is vital to U.S. producers and we will continue to seek access to markets for our producers as well as continuing to reduce trade barriers to U.S. products.

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Cities may now bulldoze private citizens' homes, farms and small businesses to make way for shopping malls or other developments.

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They have a national reputation for dealing with problems related to child sex offenders and child abuse and sexual abuse in general.

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The gulf coast region is very important to the nation's commerce and the effects of the recent hurricanes will be felt throughout the economy in the prices paid for food and fuel, ... In the brief time we met with producers, we heard some very compelling testimony.

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The visa lottery system poses a national security threat. Under the program, each successful applicant is chosen at random and given the status of permanent resident based on pure luck.

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we're losing international markets.

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On the last farm bill, we had a budget surplus for the first time in 30 years. That contributed to having a lot of money available...

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The oak has long been an enduring and mighty tree. It is truly a part of our national heritage and it merits the formal distinction of America's National Tree.

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While the Internet holds many potential opportunities for children, there is also a tremendous danger of online predators.

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I don't think anyone can possibly imagine the impact these hurricanes have had on the region and on production agriculture unless they see it firsthand, ... We saw fields flattened by winds and inundated by salt water. We heard accounts of homes swept from their foundations and we saw trees broken like toothpicks. Of course, the full story can only be told by those whose lives and livelihoods have been forever altered by these storms.

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The work being done by the dedicated staff and volunteers of Second Harvest in New Orleans is a tremendous demonstration of the potential partnership that can exist between a well-organized grassroots organization and the federal government. Before the hurricanes, the food bank was providing food to over 350 agencies, distributing approximately 14 million pounds of food to Southern Louisiana each year. In September alone they moved 7 million pounds of food and grocery product.

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We will continue to hold 10 or 12 more hearings all through this year. This is the second one. We were in Fayetteville, N.C., yesterday. We will hold subcommittee hearings later in Washington, and plan to start writing the next Farm Bill early next year.

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The gulf coast region has been hit hard by two major hurricanes and is going to need federal assistance at several levels, ... The best way to make sure that the resources are targeted properly is for us to see this area firsthand. I am pleased that members from both sides of the aisle share my commitment to making sure that the relief effort is targeted and managed as efficiently as possible.

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That's a situation we no longer find ourselves in. We are facing budget deficits again. The president has been offering tight budgets and we've been responding as best we can. We don't know how much money will be made available to us next year when we write the farm bill.

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