Political Quotes

“Absolutely. It is just as bogus as the 800 number, quite frankly, if not more, for all the same reasons. First of all, you have to have a phone. You have to have service. Oftentimes that isn't the case. Quite frankly, what we need is what your bill does, and that is, just tell folks what is in the package--parentheses, three letters, or an asterisk that says what it is, very simple. People can understand and they don't have to jump through all these hoops. I know proponents of this DARK Act will say: Well, you know, that is going to cost a lot of money. Look, Budweiser makes a beer labeled for every NFL football team in the country. At Christmastime, they put Santa Claus on, and then they make the ones in the blue cans too. It is standard stuff. It is all the same price. Companies change their labels all the time. So the fact that we are replacing what would be common sense--the Senator's bill, which is what we should be taking up and passing here on the floor because it makes sense, it gives consumers the right to know what is in their food--with something that has an 800 number or QR code is crazy. It is crazy. And the arguments that folks are using for keeping people in the dark simply are not factual.”