Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today to urge the Senate to include the New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act in a COVID-19 response legislation that we are considering during this work period. This is legislation I have worked on with my colleague Senator Angus King of Maine for several years, long before COVID-19 disrupted the safety and security of the American food supply. It has bipartisan support. COVID-19 revealed the cracks in multiple industries--our food supply, pharmaceuticals, defense, and manufacturing in general. Every American pays the price for foreign reliance--every American. This is a moment in history when we can rebuild what ``American made'' and what ``made America great'' really means in the first place. That, of course, is American production and innovation across all industries. As consumers of food--and that is everybody, Republican and Democrat alike, Independents included--we should demand that we have this production capacity in the United States. Heavy reliance on foreign production and manufacturing is a mistake, and America needs to see a renaissance of American production and ingenuity. Just as an example, on July 29 of this year, it was announced that JBS, a Brazilian-owned company, intends to acquire the Mountain States Rosen lamb plant in Greeley, CO.…”