Barbara Cubin: “I have to go back to the remarks of the gentlewoman from Ohio when she said this is an argument between multinational…”

“I have to go back to the remarks of the gentlewoman from Ohio when she said this is an argument between multinational corporations and small farmers, and she is exactly correct. This is like David versus Goliath. The only people that are worried about doing away with this program are those people who make the biggest profit off of sugar. The producers make the least profit of anyone along the line when it comes to sugar. There is something that also has to be made very clear. We as Members of Congress have asked everyone in this country to do their part in balancing the Federal deficit, and these sugar beet farmers have given and given and given until it hurts. They are willing to do their part, but we cannot put them out of business by doing away with this program. The sugar program operates at no net cost to the Federal Government. It is not a subsidy. It provides money to the Government Treasury actually, and under the reform program it provides even more money to the Federal program. I urge you to vote against the amendment and for the bill.”