On the recordMay 18, 1999
Today myself, Representative George Miller and more than 40 of our colleagues are introducing the Sugar Program Reform Act, a bill to phase out the sugar program by the end of 2002.
Dan Miller: “Today myself, Representative George Miller and more than 40 of our colleagues are introducing the Sugar Program Reform…”
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Introduction of the Sugar Program Reform Act to phase out the sugar program.
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The sugar program's sole purpose is to prop up the price of sugar in the United States through a complex system of low-interest, nonrecourse loans and tight import restrictions.
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As a result, the sugar program imposes a 'sugar tax' on consumers, forcing them to pay more than $1 billion in higher prices for food and sugar every year.
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Finally, it hampers our ability to expand trade opportunities for America's farmers.
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The Sugar Program Reform Act will do what the 1996 farm bill failed to accomplish.
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