On the recordJune 23, 1998
This is really about whether or not the United States government is going to interfere and mandate higher prices than the market would bear for peanuts. The price those farmers are farming and selling those peanuts, who are not under the quota, is $350 a ton. Why is it that our American people should pay $650 a ton when the going price in the world market is $350? This program is bad. The United States government should not be in the business of forcing higher prices. We should have free trade as it relates to peanuts, as we should in many other areas in this country. I would hope all the people that consistently come to the floor of this House and support free and fair trade would come to the floor and support ending peanut subsidies in the United States of America, once and for all.
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