Political Quotes

“This is a marketing order. The underlying law establishes a marketing order. A marketing order allows the producers to come together and decide how they're going to market their products and do it in a way that sets up standards for their products. This is common across virtually every aspect of American agriculture. This is nothing new. When you have a marketing order that involves imported as well as domestically produced, those imports are also affected by the qualifications and the standards set on that marketing order. This is not new. In fact, virtually everything you'll find in the produce, including many of the products that were described a moment ago, are controlled by a marketing order. We're not exactly sure, until the marketing order, what kind of regulations and quality standards will be put in place; but once they're in place, then whether it's an imported or a domestically produced oil, they'll have to abide by the same regulations. With regard to the cost, this is not new either. This happens in virtually most of the kinds of commodities and products that are imported and produced domestically. We're not talking about something radical. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Gibson). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.”