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I cannot and will not support any proposal that threatens our good-paying, full-time forest products jobs in the state of Maine.

This is not a political issue for me. This is about our families. This is about our jobs.

I want to make sure that Congress, not the White House, hears loudly and clearly the opinions of the folks that live in the Katahdin region.

The problem was there was nobody in Utah who supported it, either the delegation, or the Governor, or the legislature, or anyone who lived in the area.

The President can do what the President wants to do. He has executive authority to create a monument without the blessing of Congress.

Even though you may think you are going to have a seat at the table on how this land is managed and what is done with it in the future, reality shows that you will not.

So, it is hard for me to understand why we are going to take land that is a working forest and cede all the rights to manage that land to the Federal Government, which does not have a very good track record of managing that land in the…

I believe that this land is in Maine, and the Maine people ought to make the decision on how we are going to preserve it, how we are going to conserve it, and how we are going to use it.

This proposal does not square with a plain reading of the Antiquities Act.

The residents of East Millinocket, Medway, and Patten have voted very strongly in opposition of Federal control of this area.

Moving forward, we could align with what most other countries do, and as Representative Pingree discussed, require a standard quality label on foods where freshness is a concern, and a standard safety label on foods that actually carry a…

The Food Recovery Act introduced by Rep. Chellie Pingree (H.R. 4184) tackles food waste from a variety of angles.

The recent Food Date Labeling Act introduced by Rep. Chellie Pingree (H.R. 5298) does just this.

Support the Food Recovery Act, introduced by Representative Pingree.

I introduced a bill last week that has a pretty simple proposal: create two labels--one that says 'expires on' for food that really is unsafe to eat after a certain date, and another that says 'best if used by' for everything else.

Recognizing the extent of this problem, USDA and EPA announced the first food waste reduction goal last year--a 50 percent reduction by 2030.

I think you'll agree it's unconscionable that so much food ends up in landfills.

When I tell people that 40 percent of the food that is produced in this country is wasted, they are usually shocked.