An interesting quote:
Agriculture Chairman Collin C. Peterson , D-Minn., won changes in the bill that added exemptions from most of the bill’s provisions for farms, livestock, poultry and feed grain, all of which will continue to be regulated by the Agriculture Department. Peterson had been concerned about provisions that he said would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) too large a role in regulating farm activities involving animals.
But the committee’s Republicans said these changes did not go far enough and would drive up consumers’ food costs and force businesses overseas. They renewed calls for a referral to the Agriculture Committee.
“This bill would go too far in trying to produce food from a bureaucrat’s chair in Washington,” complained Agriculture’s ranking Republican, Frank D. Lucas of Oklahoma.
Rules Chairwoman Louise M. Slaughter , D-N.Y., expressed disappointment that some farm groups continued to oppose the bill even after winning concessions. She cited their opposition as the cause of the bill’s initial defeat.
Dingell said he negotiated in good faith with Peterson and won the chairman’s consent for changes to the bill. He said, for example, that farms selling directly to customers will be exempt from provisions in the bill.
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