[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18584]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   URGING MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE MILLER-MILLER AMENDMENT AND END AN 
                    OUTMODED, OUTDATED SUGAR PROGRAM

  (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. In the farm bill, the sugar program is 
outmoded, outdated. It is costing us jobs. It is monopolistic. It boils 
right down to being corporate greed or welfare.
  I know that proponents will say, But it helps farmers. Yes, I believe 
in helping family farms, but here is a program where 1 percent or just 
17 farms collect 58 percent of the subsidy. If this is not a monopoly, 
then I do not know what is.
  This is one reason why I support the Miller-Miller amendment. It does 
not eliminate the sugar program; but it does save jobs, protects the 
environment, and helps to keep manufacturing business at home.
  Let us stop playing sugar daddy to a few monopolistic plantations. 
Support the Miller-Miller amendment.

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