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John Hoeven: “Rural America, our farmers, ranchers, get left behind…”

Featuring: John Hoeven, Republican | U.S. Senate North Dakota

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Hoeven: American Families Pay the Price for Democrats' Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 05:17

Because now the Democrats want to say somehow this clean CR shouldn't be voted for and that somehow they're cooperating, they're trying to collaborate, when … Rural America, our farmers, ranchers, get left behind. Program services they depend on with USDA, they can't access. … Look, the list goes on and on. It goes on and on and on and on. But the bottom line is we need to get government. (05:17–05:33)

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Asserts farmers and ranchers cannot access USDA services during the shutdown.

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