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Jack Kingston 

 March 25, 1993 



Members. I am astounded by the immediate and 

 devastating impacts which the recently debated 1994 

 Budget Resolution will have on farmers, ranchers, 

 agribusinesses, and the economic and social future of 

 America's rural towns and communities. It does not do 

 much good to increase the funding levels and the 

 effectiveness of agricultural research programs if we are 

 facing a very real threat that there will soon be no 

 producers left in business to take advantage of new 

 research and new technological advances. 



The day before yesterday, the Food and Agricultural 

 Policy Research Institute presented testimony before the 

 Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities which 

 should make each and every one of us sit up and take 

 notice before pressing forward with the current Budget 

 Resolution's "blueprint for agricultural disaster" for U. S. 

 producers and consumers. If I am reading the FAPRI 

 initial review of the economic impacts correctly, then the 



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