[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 127 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SACRIFICES FROM ALL AMERICANS MAKE POSSIBLE UNFAIR SUBSIDIES TO SPECIAL 
                               INTERESTS

  (Mr. MENENDEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, a little more than 1 week ago Members of 
this House came to this floor and voted in favor of continuing 
agriculture subsidies to farmers making over $100,000 in off-farm 
income and they voted to continue millions of dollars in market 
promotion subsidies for companies like McDonald's and Pillsbury.
  Yet this week, many of these same Members will come to the floor to 
speak and vote in favor of $4.5 billion in cuts to education programs 
like student aid and safe and drug free schools. How will they justify 
it? They will say, ``we must make sacrifices to balance the budget'', 
``for our children'' they will say, ``for our children''.
  But McDonald's will continue to receive $1.2 million in market 
subsidies and a farmer making over $100,000 annually in off-farm income 
will get a $500-per-child tax break for his two children and continue 
to receive farm payments from the Federal Government. Apparently only 
your child and mine need to make sacrifices, not farmers nor big 
business.

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