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David Valadao: “If there was no challenge from anyone when the last…”

Featuring: David Valadao, Republican | U.S. House, California, District 22

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Congressman Valadao Presses USDA Secretary on Disaster Relief for Central Valley Dairy Farmers

Published | Video Starts at 03:06

We're not going to do that because that's not, in my view, the way that should operate. So I think we're just going to have a fundamental disagreement there, because If there was no challenge from anyone when the last secretary did it, and then if you're just going to keep the money there and not help farmers across our own country, what purpose do you serve? And what purpose does any of this serve? That's not to say that we're not using those resources to help farmers. (03:06–03:16)

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Asserts that there was no challenge to the previous secretary's actions, questioning the current lack of aid to farmers.

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