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Boswell Battles on the Home Front as Well as in Washington

Started by CIM Network · 10 months ago

Rep. Leonard Boswell believes family farms and small towns provide the heartbeat of America. The six-term Democratic congressman from Iowa's 3rd District has always had a passion for agriculture and now serves in a leadership position on the House Agriculture Committee. As Congress has wa ... Continue reading »

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Jerry
1 year ago

Boswell Satisfied with Himself! This is quite the puff piece! So Boswell is satisfied with himself and claims to have "had some very good success with different areas of conservation and energy and alternative fuels," without being asked exactly what those successes were. This is news?

Ed Fallon is no farmer, but at least he could see that paving the road for Smithfield to take over the hog industry was not a good way to vote way back in 1996! Now Boswell is vainly trying to undo the packer domination of the hog market that he has tolerated in the past. Let's call him Leonard Come Lately. Too late.

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