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Harkin blasts Republican farm policy

October 6, 1999 By admin

Democrat U-S Senators from several farm states held a news conference inWashington D-C this morning, pushing for passage of the emergency farmrelief plan. Iowa’s Tom Harkin says the package brings billions in aid tofarmers, but isn’t everything they’d hoped for.Senator Harkin says the package provides about eight-point-seven billiondollars in relief to farmers. Besides comparing the relief plan to a leaky liferaft, Harkin blamedCongressional republicans for the many failures and “disasters” in U-S agpolicies which he says are bankrupting farm families.The farm relief package is expected to go up for a final vote before theweekend.

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