41.   Opponents said the sugar program helps provide fair and stable prices for sugar producers.

42.   Opponents of the sugar program said they would continue fighting it when the farm bill is considered by the Senate.

43.   Other supporters of the sugar program argued that it actually protects the American consumer from a volatile world market.

44.   Other defenders of the sugar program said critics are picking on a plan that aids small farmers and puts food on American tables.

45.   Rep. Dan Miller, R-Fla., has said he has been assured of a vote on his bill to eliminate price supports in the sugar program.

46.   Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-Chackbay, who is an advocate of the sugar program, agreed that recourse loans are going to hit them hard.

47.   Requested overview of the domestic sugar support program.

48.   Rep. Bill Barrett, R-Neb., said the sugar program is required by law not to cost the federal government anything.

49.   She said the Republican leadership has promised Miller a floor vote on ending the sugar program and he intended to pursue it.

50.   Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., who had been holding up the bill, abstained in protest over scant changes in the peanut and sugar programs.