[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 109 (Thursday, July 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4840]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        FOOD PRICES AND LABELING

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, yesterday, the top Republican and the 
top Democrat from the Agriculture Committee came to the floor to talk 
about the compromise bill that would protect middle-class families from 
unnecessary and unfair higher food prices while also ensuring access to 
more information about the food they purchase.
  Chairman Roberts said this bipartisan bill will benefit consumers 
``by greatly increasing the amount of food information at their 
fingertips'' while avoiding ``devastating increases in the price of 
food.''
  Ranking Member Stabenow noted that it will ``prevent a confusing 
patchwork of 50 different labeling requirements in 50 different 
States,'' and it ``recognize[s] the scientific consensus that 
biotechnology is safe.''
  It is the result of bipartisan work to address an issue that could 
negatively harm consumers and producers. We could actually pass it 
today.

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