Tom Tancredo: “I thank the gentleman. Earlier someone indicated that we had thousands of supporters, thousands of groups supporting…”

“I thank the gentleman. Earlier someone indicated that we had thousands of supporters, thousands of groups supporting this bill. Who couldn't get thousands of groups to support a bill by paying them $300 billion in subsidies? We are poised here to pass a record-breaking, multibillion-dollar, Soviet-style central planning farm bill that takes tax dollars away from the general public and doles them out to a few people in the agricultural industry, some of them millionaires, at a time when crop prices are breaking records. What benefit do the American taxpayers get from this bill? They get higher taxes for the privilege of paying artificially higher food prices. What a deal. Mr. Speaker, when oil prices hit record highs, the Democrat leadership and some Republicans called for the imposition of a windfall profits tax on greedy evil oil producers. But when crop prices skyrocket, the same leadership comes to the floor of this House to hand out billions of dollars in subsidies to big agricultural businesses and wealthy hobby farmers. America, what a country. Washington, what a disaster.”