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Eric Hovde: “An increase in regulations from Washington prevents…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Hovde and Van Orden visit Onalaska dairy farm

Published | Video Starts at 00:22

They toured the dairy farm and talked to farm owner John Schaller about his concerns about overregulation from the government and the threat it poses to his business. Hovde and Van Orden, who is on the House Committee of Agriculture, both say that An increase in regulations from Washington prevents Wisconsin farm owners from feeding America. We're choking on regulations. You know, the administrative state has grown and grown and grown, and we have to cut back on the regulations because it's making farmers lives harder, business people's lives harder, and it plays a role in inflation. (00:22–00:29)

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Asserts that federal regulations hinder Wisconsin farmers' ability to produce food.

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