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"The Canadians are going to go get this oil. The question is whether they send it to us or to the Chinese. I'd rather it come here to America," said Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Derek Cross in Springfield, Colo., helps with the first known harvest of hemp in more than 60 years. The federal farm bill reverses decades of prohibition for hemp cultivation and restores a fee on home heating oil with a provision slipped into the legislation. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this April 9, 2013 file photo, United States Army veteran and Forest County Potawatomi tribe member Jayson Jackson positions an eagle feather staff in the Assembly chambers of the Wisconsin State Capitol prior to the annual State of the Tribes address in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin legislators and tribal leaders are talking about collaboration and common ground going into the State of the Tribes address on Feb. 13, 2014, but deep divides over iron mining, hunting rights and school mascots still lurk under the pleasant rhetoric. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart, File)
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In this Thursday Jan. 30, 2014 photo, Mendota, Calif. Mayor Robert Silva, 72, explains how the state’s drought is sure to drive up unemployment in his rural farming town during an interview in Mendota. Five years ago, the last dry year and height of the national recession, farm workers lined up for free food as unemployment exceeding 40 percent in Mendota. Silva fears that this year the food lines will be even longer. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
