Sean Patrick Maloney: “the Miller-Schumer amendment has very strong bipartisan support. It would delete sugar price supports and laws that keep…”

“the Miller-Schumer amendment has very strong bipartisan support. It would delete sugar price supports and laws that keep sugar prices artificially high. Eleven out of 22 sugar refineries in the United States have closed. Domino Sugar, which operates a plant in my district and employs almost 1,000 people in New York State, has closed three plants. How can anyone look at this record and say the sugar program is a success? Instead of the sugar program providing American jobs, it is taking good, solid jobs away from the refining industry and giving them to a privileged few sugar growers. This year Domino has suspended production in my district because it could not purchase enough imported sugar to maintain its profit margin. Deregulating sugar prices would keep sugar refiners like Domino up and running. It also would lower sugar prices and food prices for consumers. American consumers pay twice as much for sugar as the rest of the world. The American people deserve better. They deserve cheaper sugar and they deserve to keep their jobs. Vote for this amendment.”