I would point out that that hidden tax that my colleagues are talking about will not be shared with the consumers. It has never been shared with the price of sugar. It goes down. It will simply shift those profits into multinational corporations that we are defending by supporting this amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Mitchell).
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