My colleagues, I would say the amendment of the Senator from New Hampshire knocks out all the reforms in the sugar program, which are substantial. He wants to make, I think, the program as bad as it possibly can be. Voting against that amendment preserves the reforms that are in the legislation.
Discussing an amendment related to reforms in the sugar program.
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