On the recordApril 23, 1997
One reason we call it corporate welfare is that there are at least 33 farms that benefit by a million dollars a year. Most of the benefits go to big sugar farmers, sugar plantations in the State of Florida. The largest one, as a matter of fact, is controlled by a family who are not U.S. citizens. But the interesting point on this, and it really makes me bothered by this whole thing about importing sugar, Australia has a free market for sugar. We should be able to compete with Australia. They sell sugar to anybody in the world 12 or 13 cents a pound, but not to the United States. We do not want to pay 12 or 13 cents. We insist on paying the full price; the United States insists on 22 or 23 cents a pound.
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