Jon Tester: “Unfortunately, I was not able to be present to cast an important vote this evening due to a delayed flight. The vote was…”

“Unfortunately, I was not able to be present to cast an important vote this evening due to a delayed flight. The vote was for cloture on the substitute food safety bill, which includes my amendment. After widespread foodborne illnesses have sickened millions of Americans throughout the country, including in Montana, this bill will help restore Americans' confidence in our food supply. With my amendment, it will also recognize that family-scale producers that have immediate relationships with their customers at a local level have not been at the root of our food safety problems, so they should not and cannot bear the same regulatory burden. Had I been present, on vote No. 252, cloture on substitute amendment No. 4175 to S. 510, Food Safety Modernization Act, 60 vote threshold, I would have voted in the affirmative.”