On the recordJuly 22, 1996
I feel very strongly, and have for many years, that the Market Promotion Program, recently renamed the Market Access Program, is just short of outrageous. When I first got involved in it, the General Accounting Office had just done a study. We were putting millions of dollars in a program to encourage McDonald's to sell Big Macs in Moscow. In addition, we were spending money to encourage one of the big companies in my own State, Tyson Foods, a company I am more than happy to champion on most occasions, to advertise their products overseas. Further, Gallo wine was a big recipient. The liquor industry was getting millions to export liquor. I said last year, where is the Christian Coalition when we need them? But we finally, through the determined efforts of the Senator from Nevada, last year were able to change the people who were eligible to put a little bit of sense in it.
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