61.   The federal sugar program does not provide direct subsidies to the growers of cane and sugar beets, but does bolster prices by limiting imports and regulating domestic production.

62.   The federal sugar program survived again Wednesday, but not without a fight.

63.   The federal peanut and sugar programs are under particularly acute attack from a coalition of food and drink manufacturers.

64.   The federal sugar program does not use taxpayer funds to subsidize growers, but rather limits imports and manipulates supplies to ensure a base price for U.S. growers.

65.   The House refused to phase out the federal peanut and sugar programs.

66.   The federal sugar program, which limits imports and effectively sets a minimum price for U.S. growers, is under attack.

67.   The Republican proposal does make some changes in the sugar program.

68.   The sugar program was allowed to survive under the bill that stalled in the Agriculture Committee, he noted.

69.   The sugar program does not have a direct cost to taxpayers, Inouye said, since it manipulates the market to keep prices up.

70.   The sugar program is designed to operate without cost to the government.