Political Quotes

“a lot of the backroom deals in this town involve taking money away from middle-class people who work for it and then giving it to special interests who lobby for it. One of the most outrageous transfer programs around now is called the Market Access Program, or MAP. In this particular scheme the Government takes money away from taxpayers and gives it to corporate trade associations to advertise their products overseas. We are dipping into the pockets of average Americans in order to subsidize private, politically preferred business dealings. So when I say the program is outrageous, I mean just that. It should cause outrage. It is about as close to legalized theft as you can get. If businesses want to advertise overseas, great. They should do it, but with their own money. They should not beg Congress to squeeze the taxpayers even more than they are already squeezed with the high taxes we have in this country. That is why the gentleman from New York [Mr. Schumer] and I have introduced H.R. 972, the Market Access Program Elimination Act. If you want taxpayers to be able to keep more of their own money rather than having it go to groups like the Dry Pea and Lentil Council, please join us in this effort. Let us get rid of the Market Access Program.”