Political Quotes

“that looks to me to be one of the most complex charts available known to man. That is supposed to simplify the situation. In effect, what it does is create a situation described by my friend from New York in his chart. The only people that survive under Secretary Glickman's proposal are the people in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Everybody else loses money and ultimately goes out of business. If you have the 1-A section, it is somewhat more simple than this, but at least there is reform. What we propose here and what the gentleman from Wisconsin proposes to strike is language which does not say that this (option 1-B) is impossible, although it looks impossible to me. It does not say that 1-A is impossible. It does not say that dairy compacts in the Northeast or the Southwest or anywhere else are automatic. It simply puts a moratorium on it from April 4 to October 1 of 1999 so that any rule that the Secretary of Agriculture comes up with can be reviewed by Congress and, yes, can be reviewed by the State legislatures in order to determine that if it is too dictatorial. And if it does not make sense like this, it can be reversed legislatively and we can go back to a plan that makes sense. Is that too much to ask?…”