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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@bellsouth.net>]

Feedback to this post found on the web:

Montana Senator, Jon Tester, proposed two amendments to the agricultural 
portion of the continuing resolution.  His state is full of family 
farmers which is why he is speaking out against the proposed legislation 
that would help meat packing and GE seed agribusinesses.  Here's a 6min 
video of Tester proposing his amendments: 
http://farmpolicy.com/2013/03/14/sen-tester-discusses-ag-provisions-in-senate-continuing-resolution/

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Subject: The biotech rider is back again!

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The Monsanto Rider Is Back Again! Tell your Senators to demand
Appropriations Chairwoman Mikulski pull this dangerous and
unconstitutional rider, and to support any amendment that would strike
the rider from the Continuing Resolution.
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*Tell Congress to Dump the Monsanto
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The biotech industry has quietly inserted a dangerous policy rider into
the Continuing Resolution (CR) now being debated on the Senate floor.
This dangerous rider was not included in the House-passed CR, and we are
extremely disappointed to see that the Senate has included it. Though
wrapped in a “farmer-friendly” package, *this Monsanto-driven rider is
simply a biotech industry ploy to continue to plant GE crops even when a
court of law has found they were approved illegally. *
*Tell Congress to dump this dangerous provision*
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The rider is intended to force USDA to deregulate GE crops *even if a
Federal court rules that USDA hadn’t adequately considered the
environmental or economic risks to farmers*. This would negate any
meaningful judicial review of USDA’s decisions to allow
commercialization of GE crops. If a GE crop approval was shown to
violate the law and require further analysis of its harmful impacts (as
several courts have concluded in recent years; GE alfalfa and GE sugar
beets, for example) this provision would override any court-mandated
caution and allow continued planting while further review takes place.
Further, it *forces USDA to approve permits for such continued planting
immediately*, putting industry completely in charge by allowing for a
“back door approval” mechanism.
As if all of that weren’t enough, *this provision is totally
unnecessary*. This rider would be better titled the “Monsanto assurance
provision” since no farmer has ever had his or her crops destroyed.
Every court to decide these issues has carefully weighed the interests
of farmers, as is already required by law.
*Tell your Senators to demand Appropriations Chairwoman Mikulski pull
this dangerous and unconstitutional rider, and to support any amendment
that would strike the rider from the Continuing Resolution.*
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