Kevin Roberts: “I encourage my colleagues to join with me to oppose the amendment. The amendment would provide government loans for…”

“I encourage my colleagues to join with me to oppose the amendment. The amendment would provide government loans for brick-and-mortar projects, including food refrigeration capacity. We are talking about refrigerators--big refrigerators. At a time when we are working to streamline current programs and reduce the size of government, I am concerned we would be expanding the size to serve a new pool of applicants competing for very limited resources at the Department of Agriculture. In this regard, the gleaners would be taken to the cleaners. I encourage my colleagues to oppose the amendment.”