Note: the following is from an action alert from Food Democracy Now! today. — Amanda
Update: Your calls are making a difference! Last night Senator Barbara Mikulski’s office indicated that she will pull the Monsanto Protection Act from the Continuing Resolution budget bill but we need your help Today to seal the deal with Congress. We don’t want them to get could feet!
Last Friday, on Sept 20th, the House of Representatives once again betrayed the trust of America’s farmers and everyday citizens when they passed the Continuing Resolution (H.J.RES.59) containing the Monsanto Protection Act. Rather than remove Section 735, House Republican leaders kept the language from the Monsanto Protection Act intact in the must pass spending bill, which members of the House passed 230 to 189.
Right now we need to put on as much pressure on the Senate as possible to make sure they remove the Monsanto Protection Act from the current stop-gap spending bill as Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) promised earlier this summer. The language of the Monsanto Protection Act was set to expire on Sept 30, but could be extended until Dec 15th if the Senate does not act!
We’ve had an overwhelming response from Food Democracy Now! members with over 40,000 calls and a half million actions, but we need to keep the pressure on! Please sign and Make a Call today!
1. Click here to tell Congress to repeal the Monsanto Protection Act! Help end Monsanto’s takeover of our government. Every voice counts!
2. Consider making a call to your members of Congress to tell them you’re appalled that they passed the original Monsanto Protection Act and are outraged that they’re considering it again!
Thank you, Amanda, for making it easy and simple to voice objection to what is happening with our food. As my CSA farmer says often: address the issues of food and water, and the rest of the problems will take care of themselves.
And a big thank you to PW for continuing to provide information on Monsanto and the other criminals that are poisoning us with GMO and all the rest of it.
JannKinz
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