… Committee, I was very focused on making sure that the mistakes that had gone back almost a century would not be repeated, that we would do better going forward. And In every farm bill we passed since I've been here, we've strengthened those provisions on the conservation title. It's why we've not had a Black Sunday again on the Great Plains of the United States. Mr. Speaker, my fellow colleagues, we have to remember the ominous things in our past, not just the good. (03:32–03:40)
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Asserts that conservation provisions have been strengthened in every farm bill since Frank Lucas has been in Congress.
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