Thomas Ewing said "I thank the chairman for a job well done. I would just like to say a couple things about the peanut and sugar program, which were under my subcommittee. First, these programs will not cost the taxpayer one dollar. Yes, without these programs, you might have a lot more cost to the consumers in this country. I would remind the gentlewoman from New York, who was so critical of these programs, that these programs were so bureaucratic after decades of being controlled on that side of the aisle in farm programs that it would have truly been unfair to the people who farm and grow peanuts and sugar in America, a lot of little people, had we cut their legs off at the knees and expected them to go out of these programs immediately. These are a good transition to the marketplace." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 28, 1996

I thank the chairman for a job well done. I would just like to say a couple things about the peanut and sugar program, which were under my subcommittee. First, these programs will not cost the taxpayer one dollar. Yes, without these programs, you might have a lot more cost to the consumers in this country. I would remind the gentlewoman from New York, who was so critical of these programs, that these programs were so bureaucratic after decades of being controlled on that side of the aisle in farm programs that it would have truly been unfair to the people who farm and grow peanuts and sugar in America, a lot of little people, had we cut their legs off at the knees and expected them to go out of these programs immediately. These are a good transition to the marketplace.

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Thomas Ewing

Republican · Illinois

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the peanut and sugar program during a House floor debate.

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