On the recordFebruary 28, 1996
But I do know something about the cotton industry, and the purpose of this program was to see that our cotton industry can compete in the international marketplace. If I were to stand here today and say I have a bill before the House that will enable a $122 billion industry in the United States to set records for production, consumption, export, price, investment, and job creation over the next 5 years, we both would be supporting it. I do not understand why you are opposing it. We have the most successful program for cotton in the history of the cotton program because it allowed us to do the one thing that we need to do, and that is, compete with subsidies from other countries.
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