Political Quotes

“I yield the remainder of the time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time having expired, the question is on agreeing to the amendment. The amendment (No. 2321) was agreed to. Amendment No. 2276 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina. Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I believe this will be the last vote of today, DeMint amendment 2276. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from South Carolina [Mr. DeMint] proposes an amendment numbered 2276. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prohibit mandatory or compulsory check off programs) At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON MANDATORY OR COMPULSORY CHECK OFF PROGRAMS. No program to promote and provide research and information for a particular agricultural commodity without reference to specific producers or brands (commonly known as a ``check-off program'') shall be mandatory or compulsory. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will now be 2 minutes of debate, equally divided. Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, this amendment would give individual businesses and small farmers the freedom to refrain from joining 1 of the 19 check-off programs against their will. Right now, a lot of businesses are forced into programs they do not want to be a part of. As a lot of us know, a lot of the large corporate farmers, a lot of large businesses love to form these check-off programs to force the smaller companies to pay into them.…”