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Who's Blocking the Vote on GMO Labels in WA?
Thousands of emails, hundreds of calls, packed hearings and national news attention have proved that the bills to label GMOs in Washington State are wildly popular with voters. So what's the hold up? Why aren't these bills scheduled for a vote this week? If they don't get voted out of the agriculture committees by Friday at 5 pm, they're dead! We must get a vote!
Who's blocking the vote?
In the Senate it's the three politicians on the eight-member Senate Agriculture Committee who have taken money from Monsanto: the committee chair, Democratic Sen. Brian Hatfield, and two Republicans, Sens. Jim Honeyford and Mark Schoesler.
Committee Chair Hatfield denies taking campaign cash from Monsanto, saying the Organic Consumers Fund is making "wild claims," even though anyone can see the public record of these contributions by entering "Monsanto" at http://www.pdc.wa.gov/MvcQuerySystem/AdvancedSearch/Contributions and scrolling through the list to find his name! If he's willing to lie about being sold-out to Monsanto, don't believe him when he says, " The truth is, this bill does not have the votes to pass out of committee." It's more likely that he's blocking the vote to protect Monsanto because the bill WOULD pass.
Sen. Schoesler is a wheat farmer who says he'll grow genetically engineered wheat once it gains acceptance. (He was quoted in the Capital Press article, Many speak out on GMO food, labels.)
In the House, it's the two politicians on the thirteen-member Senate Agriculture Committee who have taken money from Monsanto: the committee chair, Democratic Rep. Brian Blake and Republican Rep. Joel Kretz.
If these sold-out politicians are bent on blocking the democratic process, they'd better do it in the light of day and have the courage to go against their voting public on the record! We can't let them kill this bill silently behind closed doors.
Momentum is on our side. The AP reported ("Some Wash. wheat farmers throw support behind required labeling of genetically modified foods," published across the country in 160 different news outlets) that the hearings were "packed!"
The movement to label GMOs in WA made national news! Not only in the AP, but also:
Food Safety News: Calls for GMO Labeling Keep Cropping Up
There are also lots of great stories that ran locally around Washington State:
Seattle, WA (KOMO 4 TV): Lawmakers take up issue of genetically-altered foods
Seattle, WA (PubliCola): Bill Would Require Labeling of GMOs
Sequim, WA: Sequim woman to testify in favor of genetically engineered food labeling
Spokane, WA: Bill Proposed To Label Genetically Modified Food
The Senate bill to label GMOs, SB 6298, had a public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM on Thursday, January 26, 2012. Click here to watch the hearing.
The House bill, HB 2637, had a public hearing in the House...
Who's blocking the vote?
In the Senate it's the three politicians on the eight-member Senate Agriculture Committee who have taken money from Monsanto: the committee chair, Democratic Sen. Brian Hatfield, and two Republicans, Sens. Jim Honeyford and Mark Schoesler.
Committee Chair Hatfield denies taking campaign cash from Monsanto, saying the Organic Consumers Fund is making "wild claims," even though anyone can see the public record of these contributions by entering "Monsanto" at http://www.pdc.wa.gov/MvcQuerySystem/AdvancedSearch/Contributions and scrolling through the list to find his name! If he's willing to lie about being sold-out to Monsanto, don't believe him when he says, " The truth is, this bill does not have the votes to pass out of committee." It's more likely that he's blocking the vote to protect Monsanto because the bill WOULD pass.
Sen. Schoesler is a wheat farmer who says he'll grow genetically engineered wheat once it gains acceptance. (He was quoted in the Capital Press article, Many speak out on GMO food, labels.)
In the House, it's the two politicians on the thirteen-member Senate Agriculture Committee who have taken money from Monsanto: the committee chair, Democratic Rep. Brian Blake and Republican Rep. Joel Kretz.
If these sold-out politicians are bent on blocking the democratic process, they'd better do it in the light of day and have the courage to go against their voting public on the record! We can't let them kill this bill silently behind closed doors.
Momentum is on our side. The AP reported ("Some Wash. wheat farmers throw support behind required labeling of genetically modified foods," published across the country in 160 different news outlets) that the hearings were "packed!"
The movement to label GMOs in WA made national news! Not only in the AP, but also:
Food Safety News: Calls for GMO Labeling Keep Cropping Up
There are also lots of great stories that ran locally around Washington State:
Seattle, WA (KOMO 4 TV): Lawmakers take up issue of genetically-altered foods
Seattle, WA (PubliCola): Bill Would Require Labeling of GMOs
Sequim, WA: Sequim woman to testify in favor of genetically engineered food labeling
Spokane, WA: Bill Proposed To Label Genetically Modified Food
The Senate bill to label GMOs, SB 6298, had a public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM on Thursday, January 26, 2012. Click here to watch the hearing.
The House bill, HB 2637, had a public hearing in the House...
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