Political Quotes

“I have no more speakers, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, how much time remains? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Washington has 11 minutes remaining. Mr. McGOVERN. I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, first of all, on the COOL repeal, I include for the Record a letter to Chairman Conaway and to Ranking Member Peterson signed by hundreds of organizations--farm organizations, consumer groups, labor groups, food safety groups, and I could go on and on and on--basically saying that this legislation that we are considering here today is a bad idea. June 8, 2015. Hon. K. Michael Conaway, Chairman, House Agriculture Committee, 1301 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC. Hon. Collin Peterson, Ranking Member, House Agriculture Committee, 1301 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC. Dear Chairman Conaway and Ranking Member Peterson: The undersigned 283 farm, rural, faith, environmental, labor, farmworker, manufacturer and consumer organizations respectfully urge you to reject the repeal of the Country-of- Origin Labeling (COOL) law and support commonsense food labeling. Polls show that nine out of ten Americans support COOL. Consumers continue to demand more information about their food and producers want to share that information.…”