Sad to see the #DARKAct pass the House, hopefully the Senate and @POTUS will have a different take on #HR1599 in weeks to come.
To label or not to label? Weigh in on the #DARKAct now, amendments currently being considered on the floor. #HR1599
Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-NY "All Americans deserve to know what is in their food, poor people do care about the food they eat." #HR1599
Bill co-sponsor, Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-NC, speaks now, "every major scientific org agrees that GMOs are.. safe." #DARKAct #HR1599
For those of you following the #HR1599 #DARKAct debates, what are your thoughts and concerns as we move towards a vote on the floor?
#HR1599 "Would make it impossible for people to be aware of unintended consequences." - @repjohnconyers #DARKAct
"As much as 70% of processed food contains GE crops" Rep. Joseph Pitts, R-PA. Is this a good thing? Weigh in. #DARKAct #HR1599
"We need to stand up to fight for the right of states and consumers to make these choices for themselves." - @jaredpolis, D-CO #HR1599
Rep. Conaway, R-TX "there is no safety issue here" #HR1599
The #DARKAct would also codify the current, broken voluntary labeling system proponents of #HR1599 say is sufficient.
Now up @FrankPallone D-NJ speaks to public perception of congress preventing what they see is a right to know. #HR1599 #DARKAct
#HR1599 "fundamentally takes away, from your state and mine, what is the right of the consumer to decide." Rep. Peter Welch
Rep. Peter Welch- D VT speaks to the right of a state to be able to make its own decision on whether GMO products should be labeled #HR1599