Farmers, ranchers and stakeholder groups across agriculture, including the American Farm Bureau Federation, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, National Farmers Union, American Association of Crop Insurers, American Soybean Association, Crop Insurance Professionals Association, Farm Credit Council, Midwest Council on Agriculture, National Association of Wheat Growers, National Cotton Council, National Milk Producers Federation, National Sorghum Producers, Plains Cotton Growers, Southwest Council of Agribusiness, South Carolina Peach Council, USA Rice Federation, U.S. Peanut Federation and Western Peanut Growers Association, and unions, including the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, oppose Rep. Perry’s anti-sugar amendment #173.
It harms U.S. farm families and undermines protection for taxpayers, while doing nothing to help consumers.
Rep. Perry’s Amendment Harms Domestic Food Security
Rep. Perry’s anti-sugar amendment singles out hard-working American sugarcane and sugarbeet farm families and sugar workers, and puts in jeopardy the safety net provided to fight against predatory foreign trade practices, including subsidies that enable overproduction and dumping of sugar onto the global market below the cost of production.
Americans Prefer American-Made Sugar and Support U.S. Sugar Policy
In a recent national poll conducted by Morning Consult, the majority of voters expressed a preference for purchasing American-made sugar over imported sugar by a margin of 8 to 1. Across political affiliations and geographic locations, most voters believe that the domestic food supply should be less dependent on foreign suppliers.
VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 173 TO H.R. 4368