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Maria Cantwell: “Family farms cannot experience significant cost increase to…”

Featuring: Maria Cantwell, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Washington

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Maria Cantwell Skewers Republicans Over Rising Costs, Says They 'Don't Want To Police The Markets'

Published | Video Starts at 04:40

They're going to Vietnam and to Colombia and Singapore and. And the competition from them is growing, all while President Trump is taking us and putting us on the sidelines. So this is unsustainable. Family farms cannot experience significant cost increase to their operations and at the same time lose some of their best customers. That is why we have seen 3,700 farms close in the state of Washington from 2017 to 2022. And more than two farms per day. That's more than two farms per day. (04:40–04:49)

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Asserts that family farms are struggling with rising costs and loss of customers.

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