Ag secretary, lawmakers discuss farmers' flood aid
The U.S. Agriculture Secretary says he is concerned that legal hurdles prevented much immediate federal help for Midwestern farmers faced with serious setbacks because of flooding.
"I think everybody is frustrated because there's never enough you can do," Ed Schafer told The Associated Press on Thursday after meeting with Illinois lawmakers. "We have the legal restraints and statutory restraints and actuarial restraints that just don't allow you to do everything that you want to do, a...
6/27/2008 10:04:00 AM
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