Dennis Kucinich: “Mr. Speaker, inasmuch as my unanimous consent request was objected to, it is very clear that there are Members of this…”

“Mr. Speaker, inasmuch as my unanimous consent request was objected to, it is very clear that there are Members of this House, certainly not the gentleman from Michigan, but there are members of this House who are looking to give the biotech firms a handout under the guise of helping to feed the poor. Most genetically engineered food products and almost all research funding for the development of genetically engineered food target developing nation agriculture and consumers. Developing countries cannot afford this technology and therefore are vastly ignored. If the biotechnology industry believes they could help mitigate hunger concerns, domestic or foreign, then requiring biotechnology companies to make available the necessary resources for this purpose is appropriate.”