Sugar Reform Bill Would Protect Jobs, Save Consumers Money; 7,000 Jobs in Illinois Rely on Sugar Industry
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2015. U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) today reintroduced the Sugar Reform Act, legislation that would save taxpayers and consumers money by ending the U.S. Sugar Program, which artificially creates high prices for sugar producers at the expense of consumers and Illinois-based candy manufacturers. The program has already cost…
