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Mark Pocan: “They took the two largest commodity support programs, the…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Mark Pocan Discusses Impact of Proposed Health Care and Social Program Cuts in Wisconsin Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 34:59

They took a few of the provisions and they put it in this bill. So let me let you know what they did. Okay. Because they did do a little bit. They took the two largest commodity support programs, the Agriculture risk coverage and price loss coverage programs, and they did cover 20 basic crops. They did extend that. The dairy margin coverage program, they did extend until 2031 and it went up from 5 million pounds of milk to 6 million. Crop insurance, slightly. (34:59–35:12)

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