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Elissa Slotkin: “One billion out of the 12 was put aside for [specialty crop…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 02:19

But in that package. And Ms. Burns, this is for you. We've had a real lack of clarity on what this aid means for specialty crop farmers. One billion out of the 12 was put aside for [specialty crop farmers]. us. You just said in your opening statement it needs to be way more than that. But we don't even know, like, how they're going to be calculating that aid, how to get at that aid when it's going to come out. (02:19–02:23)

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Asserts that $1 billion of the $12 billion bailout package is allocated for specialty crop farmers.

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