Political Quotes

“Mr. President, tonight in this Chamber, we are discussing an issue that is of concern to millions of Americans. It is an issue that goes to the heart of one of the most important concerns to a family, and that is the food that we eat as adults or parents and that we provide to our children. The real heart of the question is, Does a citizen have a right to know what is in the food they are putting into their own mouths or putting on the dinner table for their children? The simple point that I will argue day and night is that a citizen does have that right. It is the right to have information about an issue related to your family's health and related to the environment. How can you, as a consumer, make responsible choices related to both the health of your family and the health of the environment if you do not have the information at the point you are purchasing a product? That is why we have all kinds of information disclosure rules in America. For example, let's say you are considering buying fish in the supermarket. If the fish is farm-raised, it has to say on the package that it is farm-raised. Why is that rule in place? Well, that rule is in place because people buying the fish often care a lot about whether it is a wild fish or a farm-raised fish.…”