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Derrick Van Orden: “It defends the people that feed this nation. Those are our…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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'A Win For The American People': Derrick Van Orden Touts Debt Ceiling Bill

Published | Video Starts at 00:20

It protects the people that built this nation. Those are our seniors. It protects the people that defended this nation. Those are our veterans. And It defends the people that feed this nation. Those are our farmers making sure that biofuels are still in here, and they're protected because that can be the future of American energy. It also protects the people who are most in need, the folks that get SNAP benefits. And I'm on that committee on purpose because I was raised in a broken home on welfare. (00:20–00:29)

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Asserts that the bill protects farmers and biofuels, which are seen as the future of American energy.

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