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“Mr. Chairman” de la Garza Passes
Mar 17, 2017, 14:31 PM
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As lawmakers continue to refine their skills at partisanship and political dogmatism; as “gridlock” remains the most common adjective used by voters to describe Congress, American agriculture broadly lost a true statesman this week with the passing of retired Rep. Eligio “Kika” de la Garza (D, TX) at the age of 89. He chaired the House Agriculture Committee for 15 of its most challenging years during the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, enacting four farm bills with nary a hiccup.
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