How did the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture vote this past Tuesday in the hearing for the DARK Act, (Deny Americans the Right to Know) strangely officially called the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act (HR 1599)? You need to know before if goes to a full Senate floor vote!
The DARK Act cleared the committee in a 14 to 6 vote. This bill was promoted by Representative Mike Pompeo, a supporter of biotech giants like Monsanto, and would pre-empt states from having their own laws on GMO labeling. This includes states such as Vermont which have already acted on GMO labeling. Vermont has a GM labeling law going into effect just months from now.
America needs to contact those that voted Nay and thank those Senators. Ask these representatives to listen to the people, and stand strong against the DARK Act. For those that voted Yea, consider contacting to let them know how you feel about their betrayal of Americans’ right to know what is in their food. States’ rights need to be protected. We all deserve to know if we are eating foods full of genetically modified ingredients!
It would also allow GMOs to be labeled ‘natural’ so lawsuits which hold large companies liable for lying to consumers about what is in their food (ie., Kellogg’s recent Kashi fiasco) would become a thing of the past. Big Food is basically saying this: ‘we’ll tell you what’s safe, and we’ll call something natural even if it’s made in a lab, and you’ll shut up and eat it.’
We need to stop the DARK Act dead in its tracks.
You can thank these 6 Senators that voted against the DARK Act during the Senate Ag Committee hearing:
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI): (202) 224-4822
https://www.facebook.com/stabenow
@SenStabenow
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT): (202) 224-4242
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorPatrickLeahy
@SenatorLeahy
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH): (202) 224-2315
https://www.facebook.com/sherrod/
@SenSherrodBrown
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO): (202) 224-5852
https://www.facebook.com/senatorbennet
@SenBennetCO
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: (D-NY): (202) 224-4451
https://www.facebook.com/KirstenGillibrand
@SenGillibrand
Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA): (202) 224-6324
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorBobCasey
@SenBobCasey
Consider contacting the following Senators that voted Yea for the DARK Act to let know that you are very disappointed that they voted to destroy states’ rights:
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN): (202) 224-3244
https://www.facebook.com/amyklobuchar
@amyklobuchar
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND): (202) 224-2043
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorHeidiHeitkamp
@SenatorHeitkamp
Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN): (202) 224-4814
https://www.facebook.com/senatordonnelly
@SenDonnelly
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS): (202) 224-4774
https://www.facebook.com/SenPatRoberts
@SenateAgGOP
@SenPatRoberts
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY): (202) 224-2541
https://www.facebook.com/mitchmcconnell
@McConnellPress
Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS): (202) 224-5054
@SenThadCochran
Sen. John Boozman (R-AR): (202) 224-4843
https://www.facebook.com/JohnBoozman/
@JohnBoozman
Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND): (202) 224-2551
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorJohnHoeven
@SenJohnHoeven
Sen. David Perdue (R-GA): (202) 224-3521
www.facebook.com/perduesenate
@sendavidperdue
Sen. Joni Ernst: (R-IA): (202) 224-3254
https://www.facebook.com/joniforiowa/
@SenJoniErnst
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC): (202) 224-6342
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorThomTillis
@SenThomTillis
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE): (202) 224-4224
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorSasse
@SenSasse
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA): (202) 224-3744
https://www.facebook.com/grassley
@GrassleyOffice
Sen. John Thune (R-SD): (202) 228-5429
https://www.facebook.com/johnthune
@SenJohnThune
Additional Sources:
12 thoughts on “Why Did the Senate Ag Committee Just Vote to Take Away our Food Rights?!”