[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 102 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5410]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             CROP INSURANCE

  (Mr. GOODE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOODE. Mr. Speaker, later today there may be an amendment to take 
Federal crop insurance from the American tobacco grower, yet it will be 
left for wheat, rye, barley, and all the other crops. Some do want to 
destroy the American tobacco grower. In 1896 William Jennings Bryan 
said, ``If you destroy the American farmer, grass will grow in the 
streets of every city of the land.''

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  In 1997, if we destroy the American tobacco farmer, 350,000 good jobs 
will be lost. We will be buying Chinese cigarettes, we will be buying 
Brazilian cigarettes, and we will be wrecking our trade surplus that 
agriculture so richly provides this Nation.
  Save crop insurance and help the American economy.

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