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Those free markets that you talked about around the world, then our sugar producers would go head to head. they are the low cost producers in the market. what we dont want to compete against as you saw with announcement yesterday, they have increased their subsidies to the sugar producers to produce more sugar. we wouldnt allow any product into this country dumped into the market at below the cost of production. we fight steel from coming in from turkey. we fought that. our sugar program shows w...

Made. were debating those. there are two in those. one is dismantlement of the sugar program and other would be an overall 10% cut over all these programs that would be basically eliminate them within 10 years which is more about should americas federal government protect its production of agriculture industry from undue and unfair competition around the world? and my answer says yes. so those two are the ones that well be debating in a few minutes. >> dana: curious thing for republicans especia...

Sugar program is leaving a bitter taste in the mouth of some g.o.p. lawmakers who worry the changes could have a negative effect on food prices. doug mcelway is live on capitol hill. this is always a fight but this could have changes this time around. >> it could. sugar is one of the few agricultural commodities subsidized by taxpayers, by the federal government and has been a century now. legacy of the great depression and the droughts of that year where the farmers were truly, truly hurting bu...

Partisan farm bill in 20 years and warn about hitting the program with a sledge hhammesle. >> lets come to the table and stamp out fraud that wont do a disservice to the food stamp program to fight hunger. >> with tougher work requirement, gop leaders say the vast majority of the democrats in the house will vote no. >> there is no possible way we can support this bill. >> another sensitive subject is the sugar program with import restrictions and floor price that results in more expensive sugar....

Presidential race. >> without being specific, trump suggested last night on jimmy kimmel live that his polarizing rhetoric will change. >> ive been a little bit divisive and we have to come together and get this thing done. >> trump has said similar things throughout this campaign and in short order followed up with even hotter rhetoric. brett? >> thank you. senator marco rubio and sugar. the candidates long-time support of the sunshine state industry is being questioned by some of his gop riv...

program. with critics deride as an anti-free market government subsidy. >> its a loan program that acro allows our sugar industry to compete. >> the gao estimates that the u.s. sugar program cost taxpayers nearly $2 billion every year. university of miami political science professor says on the sugar issue rubios conservative credentials are vulnerable. >> rubio is going to have trouble with this. hes taking money from billionaires on one end who hate corporate welfare and billionaires on thor...

In most cases. sugar programs has an import quota and artificially raises prices to 30 to 50% higher than they are in the rest of the world. costs consumers 3 1/2 billion dollars a year. save $1.2 billion in the first year. $6 billion over five years from reforming the sugar program. >> eric: what about peanuts? >> you could save 55 million in one year. 275 million over five years. another opportunity where if you grow peanuts, youre always going to grow them, in fact, the owners of those proper...

That the america we want? you know what they want the farmers to do, sugar beat growers righties always turn their back on the democrats, get your butt on the free market and see if it can work. compete with cuba and everybody else out there doing sugar business. why in the hell should we protect you because you never protected the workers. the american dream, for some of those workers who have been in those plants and worked for 25 or 30 years, have been locked out. you know why? because they h...

A pretty good business to be in. protections like no other industry. better than oil? yeah. better than the defense industry, in a way, its strong. the issue is coming up again because the farm bill is getting marked up and the sugar program is a hot topic. conservatives, they are using the program as their latest whipping post. they want to gut sugar subsidies across the board, say we shouldnt be doing it. the heritage foundation has called for sugar subsidies to be totally abolished. say its b...