Political Quotes

“Well, the Senator is incorrect in that assumption. First of all, the Senator from Alaska does not know anything about the chicken business, but I do know something about the salmon business. I assume the Senator from Arkansas knows an awful lot about the chicken business. We are both concerned with quality control, because you are not going to sell your chicken, and I am not going to sell my salmon, unless we have quality control and the assurance that the purchaser receives the highest quality product. Now, that is the case that exists currently in the canned salmon industry, and as far as I know, in the canned fish industry as a whole. The fish must pass inspections that are set out by the State and Federal Government. That seems to be good enough for the consumers of the product, except the USDA, which requires--only on their purchases--not the purchases of the Safeway or Giant--an extra inspection process. They want a person in the cannery-- and the canneries are not located in Juneau; they are located out in the hinterland where the fish actually come in. Now, a Federal inspector works 8 hours a day. It is not good enough to have just one in a plant because your plant may be working 14 hours a day. If there are no fish, you still have to pay for that inspector, because he has to be there. What has occurred here is that a giant bureaucracy has developed. I support the position of the Senator from Arkansas for quality control, maintenance, and so forth.”