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Elissa Slotkin: “I called Debbie Stabenow and I said, can America feed…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Slotkin joins James Beard in Detroit to talk about helping farmers and restaurants

Published | Video Starts at 05:11

Americans don't know what it's like to walk into a grocery store and not see meat on the shelves. There's going to be rioting. I called Debbie Stabenow and I said, can America feed itself? I never forget. She went, yes, like a real qualified yes. And I said, is that by design or by accident that we can still feed ourselves? She's like, it's largely by accident. And that for me was a turning point. (05:11–05:24)

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Asserts that Senator Debbie Stabenow confirmed the U.S. can feed itself, but with qualifications.

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