[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8015-8016]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           U.S. SUGAR REFORM

  (Mr. LATTA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. LATTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the need for 
reforming our current sugar program. This uncompetitive, outdated 
policy is stunting job creation and is harmful to families, candy 
companies, and food manufacturers that are forced to pay a higher cost 
for any product made with sugar. Recent data suggests that without 
reform, the program puts 600,000 jobs in the sugar-using industries at 
risk. I became all-too-aware of this negative economic impact during a 
visit at a leading confectioner located in my district.
  Headquartered in Bryan, Ohio, Spangler Candy Company is a family-
owned business that has been providing consumers with Dum Dums, candy 
canes, and other confections since 1906. This company currently has 
over 400 employees, but if it could purchase sugar at world market 
prices, instead of at an inflated price, the number of employees would 
be closer to 600. That is a difference of 200 manufacturing jobs in a 
single midwestern town. Imagine the positive economic growth that would 
result from sugar reform nationwide. I am an original cosponsor of H.R. 
693, the Sugar Reform Act. Reform to the sugar program will restore 
fairness in the sugar market, encourage investment, and spur job 
creation in our local communities.

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