Darlene Hooley: “This, again, should be a simple matter. We have heard from Florida…”

On the recordApril 24, 2002

This, again, should be a simple matter. We have heard from Florida, where it literally costs a person a penny a week or less. This can be achieved very easily by placing signs near produce bins or with price information in the stores displaying their items in their original shipping cartons. This does not have to be a tough issue. It should be mandatory that we know where the food that we put in our mouth comes from, and I urge the support of this motion to instruct.

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Darlene Hooley

Oregon

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Discussing the importance of food labeling and transparency in Congress.

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