The Coalition for Sugar Reform welcomed the introduction of the Sugar Reform Act of 2015 into the US House of Representatives, legislation it says will reform the America’s costly depression-era sugar program. The act is companion legislation to the bill introduced in the senate in February.
“We applaud Reps. Pitts, Davis, Goodlatte and Speier and others for their leadership in introducing this legislation, which calls for modest reforms to fix the outdated US sugar program and would ultimately benefit all Americans—from consumers and taxpayers to the sugar-using industry and the hundreds of thousands they employ across the country,” the coalition said in a statement.