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Mike Rogers: “This was last year, I guess the full year was the first year…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

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Mike Rogers roundtable with Michigan farmers in Hudsonville

Published | Video Starts at 05:05

Yeah, it's amazing. I mean, I up in farmers, so I'm not that good on anybody, but there is a consumer on the producers. Me, too. So This was last year, I guess the full year was the first year in the country's history that we imported more food by value than we exported. I just don't think we can continue to be a great country if we can't feed ourselves. And we should be exporting food, not importing food. (05:05–05:14)

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Asserts that last year was the first time the U.S. imported more food by value than it exported.

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