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Americans for Prosperity: No handouts for agribusiness
In a recent Des Moines Register op-ed, Mark Lucas, Iowa Director for Americans for Prosperity, calls on Congress to reform the U.S. sugar program. Here are some of the highlights of Lucas’ editorial.:...
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Senate expected to vote on Sugar Reform this week
This week U.S. Senate likely will vote on an amendment to reform the U.S. sugar program, a relic of the past that gives the federal government a large measure of control over the price and supply of...
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Hundreds of family-owned American candy companies in jeopardy, says George Will
In his Washington Post column last week, politics expert George Will noted that America’s sugar policy has become an entitlement program costing Americans million of dollars and resulting in thousands...
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Vote for U.S. Manufacturing Jobs
As George Will said in his recent column, current U.S. sugar policy puts 600,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs at risk for the benefit of 4,700 sugar production jobs. The math just doesn’t add up. The...
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Dear Congress, Seriously?
Yesterday afternoon’s party line passage of the Farm Bill in the House of Representatives by a vote of 216-208 gives one more clue as to the uphill battle to have real legislative change on anything...
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On sugar subsidies, let’s get our own house in order first
At the beginning of the week, NCA’s president Larry Graham walked into the lion’s den. Well, not really. He went to speak at the International Sweetener Symposium in front of a group of folks that our...
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What’s Next for Sugar Reform?
This is a tough week already for NCA-ers; the Washington Redskins lost to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night, and the House of Representatives failed to pass a resolution on Saturday to modestly reform...
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Wall Street Journal makes case for sugar reform
Despite last week’s disappointing vote on sugar reform, the cause continues to make headlines this week as the Wall Street Journal published an article calling out the program and its direct role in...
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Sugar champion Dick Lugar awarded with Presidential Medal of Freedom
Today former Senator Richard “Dick” Lugar was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. In a statement released by the White House, President Obama called Lugar an...
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Farm bill report leaves Congress with unfinished business
The release of the 2014 farm bill conference report left many people shaking their heads in disappointment. Policymakers failed to take any action to fix the Depression-era U.S. sugar program that is...
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