John B. Breaux: “I thank the Senator. I will make a couple points. There will be some people in the country who will never be satisfied…”

“I thank the Senator. I will make a couple points. There will be some people in the country who will never be satisfied until they can just about get free sugar to make all the products they make and thereby destroy the domestic industry. We have over 700 small family farms that produce sugar in Louisiana that are dependent on this program. This program that we bring to the floor today has a number of significant reforms. There is major change in the program. But this side, some of them want to kill the entire program. Under this bill, there are now going to be no limits on how much domestic production of sugar can occur in the United States. If you want to plant more, go ahead. That is what this new program says. There is going to be no guaranteed minimum price under the reforms that are being presented here today. We also have a program that is guaranteed to operate at no cost to the American taxpayer. What other program in this country can operate at no cost to the taxpayer? There is none, whether it is in health care or whether it is in other farm programs. This is the only one. You have heard these arguments about how much sugar costs and how expensive it is. I do not think any of us has ever had a housewife say anything about sugar costs in her budget. It is still the only product that they want to give away.”