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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010

Date: July 8, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Agriculture and Food Drugs


AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010 -- (House of Representatives - July 08, 2009)

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Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairwoman for yielding.

I rise this evening to engage in a colloquy with the chairwoman of the subcommittee about the desperate state of the Nation's dairy industry which has experienced a disastrous collapse in prices over the past year. During the July recess, I had the honor of accompanying Chairwoman DELAURO on a visit to the Greenbacker Dairy Farm in Durham, Connecticut. During that visit, we heard firsthand from dairy farmers all across Connecticut about the difficulties that they are facing, particularly regarding the cost of production and the rapid decline of dairy prices over the past year.

I ask the chairwoman if she could speak to this issue and what relief might be available to these farmers.

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