Dick Lugar: “I acknowledge the importance of warehousemen under the current tobacco program and that some of those warehousemen may…”

“I acknowledge the importance of warehousemen under the current tobacco program and that some of those warehousemen may be adversely affected when the current program is eliminated. That is why I have made it clear in my amendment that warehousemen may be considered as recipients of some of the $1 billion in economic assistance grants to states. I believe that it will be important for state and local governments to determine the level of assistance to individual warehousemen in their localities. Local officials will be better able to assess the economic impact on individual warehousemen and can make adequate compensation accordingly.”