Political Quotes

“today I filed, along with a bipartisan group of cosponsors, the Voluntary Country of Origin Labeling and Trade Enhancement Act of 2015. I wish to thank the cosponsors on the legislation. The lead cosponsor on the Democratic side is Senator Debbie Stabenow, ranking member on the Senate Agriculture Committee. Also joining us in this bipartisan group are Senator John Thune from South Dakota, another member of the agriculture committee, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator Heidi Heitkamp, Senator Mike Enzi, and Senator Sherrod Brown. With the exception of Senator Enzi, all of the cosponsors are members of our agriculture committee. What we are trying to do is come up with a solution to the country- of-origin labeling issue. This is an issue that has been in a WTO court for some time and involves the United States, Canada, and Mexico, our very good trading partners. Essentially what we are working to do is to find a solution that addresses the WTO issues as far as country-of- origin labeling in a way that makes sure that we are WTO compliant so that there are no duties or tariffs that can be levied against any of our agricultural exports or any other exports. At the same time, for those who want to use country-of-origin labeling on a voluntary basis, they are able to do so. That would preserve what is known as the ``Grade A'' label, which simply means born, raised, and slaughtered or processed in the United States.…”