Lawmakers Introduce Sugar Program Reform Measure
A bipartisan group of senators renewed a long-standing effort to reform the U.S. sugar program with the reintroduction of legislation on Feb. 12. The Sugar Reform Act of 2015 would overhaul domestic supply and price management. Sens. Mark Kirk, R-Ill.,…
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Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., led the bill’s introduction, along with 14 co-sponsors. Sugar is one of the most protected U.S. industries, and trade partners have urged the U.S. to lift industry restrictions often in the past (see 14100601).