Herb Kohl: “I would like, in closing, to remind Senators that if we allow this kind of a price-fixing scheme to make its way through…”

“I would like, in closing, to remind Senators that if we allow this kind of a price-fixing scheme to make its way through the Congress, then there will be no way to prevent in a logical way any other group of States setting up similar price-fixing mechanisms under the same justification, not only in dairy but in any other industry. That is not what we intend to do in this country. We need a national market for our products in this country. So every Senator is affected by what will occur if we allow the Northeast Dairy Compact to make its way through Congress. It is for that reason--and the other reasons that we have discussed--that I urge my colleagues to reject the Northeast Dairy Compact. I thank you.”