Charlie Melancon: “this issue of the candy manufacturers leaving this country has nothing to do with the price of sugar. The price of sugar…”

“this issue of the candy manufacturers leaving this country has nothing to do with the price of sugar. The price of sugar has been cheap for over 25 years. They're leaving because they're getting health benefits for their people at a cheaper price in Canada and Mexico. The utilities are cheaper, and the packages that are put together for them by the international countries across the border to our north and our south are taking them away. It has nothing to do with the price of sugar. Sugar is healthy. Sugar is better than the chemicals that people put in their food that cost a whole lot more. We're worried about energy; we're worried about food. Let's keep sugar sound in this country. We're not energy independent. For the first time in the history of our country, 2 years ago we imported more foodstuff than we exported.”