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Collin Peterson: “The Davis-Kirk amendment to the 2007 farm bill would erase sugar policy measures that are designed to save taxpayers…”

On the recordJuly 27, 2007
The Davis-Kirk amendment to the 2007 farm bill would erase sugar policy measures that are designed to save taxpayers funds and prevent the U.S. sugar market from being overrun with subsidized foreign sugar. The economic impact in Minnesota alone of the U.S. sugar industry amounts to over $1.3 billion per year. Nationwide, over $10 billion is generated in economic impact from this industry. While I sympathize with Members who are experiencing job losses in their districts, I would urge them to consider why job loss is happening. It is not because of the price of sugar. Food manufacturers are paying less for sugar today than they paid when Jimmy Carter was in the White House. Now, the Davis-Kirk amendment would eliminate the market balancing provisions that we put in this bill.
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Collin Peterson
Minnesota
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Opposing the Davis-Kirk amendment to the 2007 farm bill regarding U.S. sugar policy.

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