Neil Abercrombie: “This is all we have to see right here, Mr. Chairman. Do Members want to hear about jobs? We all have people that work…”

“This is all we have to see right here, Mr. Chairman. Do Members want to hear about jobs? We all have people that work hard, and I understand the tradition of this country is if you work hard, you are supposed to be rewarded. Our sugar growers are the most productive people on the face of the Earth, and they are up against wage slavery. If Members want to vote for wage slavery, do it, but do not do it on the backs of American working people. If Members want to blame corporations and tax them, go ahead and tax them for the profits they are making. But I would like to bring this forward to Members for their consideration. Do Members think for an instant if they kill the sugar program that Coca-Cola is going to cost us any less because it is Diet Coca-Cola? They pocket those profits right now, and if Members kill the sugar program they are inviting Coca-Cola and everybody else to take even more profits, laugh all the way to the bank, and hurt the American working man and woman. Stand up for the American working man and the American working woman, and fight off the big corporate profits that will be made if Members pass this amendment today. I rest my case.”