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Sam Gibbons: “It is way past time we got rid of the sugar program. I am not going to make villains out of them. They are fine people.…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1996
It is way past time we got rid of the sugar program. I am not going to make villains out of them. They are fine people. They are wonderful farmers, and they are very efficient farmers. But their complaints that they will be overridden by subsidized sugar flies in the face of the fact that we have very good laws against subsidies that they can invoke and can put countervailing duties on any subsidized sugar that comes into this market. This distorted program has caused the distortion of the real estate market. It has displaced other farmers who perhaps could grow their crops on the same land. It has done all kinds of things to the farming industry. We ought to get rid of it. There is no excuses for it anymore. It is high time. I support the amendment to get rid of it.
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Sam Gibbons
Florida
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Addressing the need to eliminate the sugar program during a floor speech.

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