[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 112 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H4674-H4675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               LABELING REQUIREMENTS HURT CRAFT BREWERIES

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, Minnesota is the proud home to over 100 
craft breweries. Many of these breweries are small, but they still 
provide jobs and a real impact to our local economies across our great 
State. There are nearly 5,000 craft brewers across the country.
  Unfortunately, a provision buried deep within the President's new 
healthcare law mandates that brewers label every single beer they 
produce with detailed calorie information.
  This labeling requirement is projected now to cost $77,000 per 
brewery. It is a financial burden that will be simply too steep for a 
lot of brewers who are just trying to get up and running and operating 
with little or no profit.
  This is just the latest excessive and onerous burden placed upon 
small businesses by the President's new healthcare law. Mr. Speaker, 
Washington should be getting out of the way so that craft breweries 
have a chance to thrive, not putting up more unnecessary red tape that 
makes it impossible to do business.
  It is time to act and repeal this harmful labeling requirement to 
prevent jobs from being lost, and to allow Americans to continue 
enjoying their locally produced craft beverage.

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