NCFC opposes attempts to eliminate sugar program
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WASHINGTON July 5, 2012 - The National
Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) today expressed its strong opposition
to an amendment that Representative Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., intends to introduce
during next week’s markup of the farm bill that would change current sugar
programs in such a way as to effectively eliminate the program.
“Any House amendment similar to the Toomey amendment that we
saw in the Senate would undermine a program that costs taxpayers nothing and
would threaten the jobs thousands of Americans across the country,” said NCFC
president and CEO Chuck Conner. “The benefits of ending the sugar program would
not go to U.S. consumers but rather to our foreign competitors, who are heavily
subsidized.”
“The sugar program in the bill has evolved, like every other
farm bill program, over the years, and has reached a balance to ensure adequate
and safe supplies of sugar at very competitive prices,” Conner continued. “NCFC
strongly urges members of the House Agriculture Committee to vote against any
amendment to change the program.”
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