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Lawmakers Introduce Checkoff Reform Legislation
Lawmakers Introduce Checkoff Reform Legislation
Lawmakers Introduce Checkoff Reform Legislation
Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah is leading a bipartisan effort to reform agricultural checkoff programs.  Lee was joined by Democrats Cory Booker, Kristen Gillibrand and Elizabeth Warren, and Republican Rand Paul, in reintroducing the Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act.  Checkof...
R-Calf, Others Continue Fight To Bring Back MCOOL
R-Calf, Others Continue Fight To Bring Back MCOOL
R-Calf, Others Continue Fight To Bring Back MCOOL
Despite being rescinded in 2015 due to NAFTA concerns, a host of farm groups are working to restore Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling, or MCOOL.  The American Beef Labeling Act was introduced in Congress last year, which looks to reinstate MCOOL for beef and pork.  Fifty c...
R-CALF Makes Post-Election Push for M-COOL
R-CALF Makes Post-Election Push for M-COOL
R-CALF Makes Post-Election Push for M-COOL
R-CALF USA is making a push for Congress to consider mandatory country-of-origin labeling of beef.  The organization is encouraging its members and others to show their support to lawmakers for the American Beef Labeling Act.  The bill was introduced by Republican Senators John Thune and Mike Rounds, alongside Democrats Jon Tester and Cory Booker last month.     The legi...
Lawmakers Urge FTC to Investigate Kroger-Albertsons Merger
Lawmakers Urge FTC to Investigate Kroger-Albertsons Merger
Lawmakers Urge FTC to Investigate Kroger-Albertsons Merger
Senate Democrats are urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons.  They are concerned about the transaction's potential implications for consumers.   The group of lawmakers includes Minnesota's Amy Klobuchar, Connecticut's Richard Blumenthal and New Jersey's Cory Booker.  In a letter ...
Senate Legislation Would Regulate Digital Commodities
Senate Legislation Would Regulate Digital Commodities
Senate Legislation Would Regulate Digital Commodities
Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member John Boozman as well as Senators Cory Booker and John Thune introduced legislation recently to regulate digital commodities.  The Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022 would give the Commodity Futures Trading Commission new tools and authority it needs to regulate digital commodities and safeguard customers and markets.   “...
Lawmakers Raise Concerns about FDA Guidance for Plant-Based Beverages
Lawmakers Raise Concerns about FDA Guidance for Plant-Based Beverages
Lawmakers Raise Concerns about FDA Guidance for Plant-Based Beverages
A group of lawmakers tell the White House there's "no reason" to start allowing regulation regarding plant-based beverages labeled as animal products. Senator Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, and Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, led the effort in a letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget ...
Feinstein, Padilla, Booker, Stabenow to Secretary Vilsack: Support California Prop 12
Feinstein, Padilla, Booker, Stabenow to Secretary Vilsack: Support California Prop 12
Feinstein, Padilla, Booker, Stabenow to Secretary Vilsack: Support California Prop 12
Senate Democrats, including the Senate Ag Committee Chair, are urging Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to support California's Proposition 12 before the Supreme Court. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla of California, along with New Jersey's Cory Booker and Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow from Michigan, made the request in a letter to Vilsack ...
Senators Reintroduce Justice for Black Farmers Act
Senators Reintroduce Justice for Black Farmers Act
Senators Reintroduce Justice for Black Farmers Act
Earlier this week, a group of Senate Democrats reintroduced the Justice for Black Farmers Act. Supporters say the legislation aims to address and correct historic discrimination within the USDA in federal farm assistance and lending. The bill was first introduced in November 2020 ...
Wyden, Others, Call On Senate To Help Farmers In COVID-19 Relief Package
Wyden, Others, Call On Senate To Help Farmers In COVID-19 Relief Package
Wyden, Others, Call On Senate To Help Farmers In COVID-19 Relief Package
Last week, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden joined Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders, calling for direct relief for family farmers impacted by the ongoing pandemic. The four says small farmers nationwide have been hit hard by months of closed restaurants, schools and in some locations farmers markets ...

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