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Robert Smith: “Mr. Chairman, this is not a minimal issue at all. I hope Members will listen, because again I want to reiterate, a…”

On the recordJune 24, 1998
Mr. Chairman, this is not a minimal issue at all. I hope Members will listen, because again I want to reiterate, a contract was made with agriculture in 1996 that will be ending in the year 2002, that all subsidies on all crops will be eliminated. In the face of that contract, why are we singling out sugar growers? This is not an attack on sugar companies. This is an attack on people who grow sugar, who work in the fields. Why should we distinguish them from soybeans or wheat or corn, if that happens to be your crop? I say, 'Wrong.' We made a contract, let us stick with it. ... Therefore, we are jeopardizing many, many sugar growers. Why do that? Do not pass this amendment. Stay with the contract the Congress made with farmers and with agriculture until the year 2002.
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Robert Smith
Oregon
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Addressing concerns about proposed amendments affecting sugar growers during a discussion on agricultural contracts.

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