To the editor:
I am tired of seeing large corporations buy the votes of our politicians.
This time, Iowa Representative Steve King has decided that states’ rights and consumer safety are not as important as whatever his large donors want. Rep. Steve King has managed to sneak in the King Amendment (HR 4879) into this year’s farm bill, which would have horrible consequences if it passes.
The King Amendment’s purpose is to eliminate each state’s ability to control the agricultural products that come into its borders. That means that unsanitary, unsafe and improperly labeled products could end up making their way to our local grocery store shelves.
That’s right, the state laws that so many Indiana residents have fought so hard for could end up going out the window and replaced by terrible federal standards. This is the definition of federal overreach, which is even worse coming from Rep. Steve King, who claims to be a states’ rights advocate.
We need to stop the King Amendment to the Farm Bill before it goes any further. Please join me in calling Indiana Senators Donnelly and Young and Representative Hollingsworth and urge them to oppose the King Amendment in the final version of the Farm Bill. Our states’ rights and consumer safety depend on it.
Senator Donnelly: 317-226-5555
Senator Young: 317-226-6700
Representative Hollingsworth: 202-225-5315
Thank you!
Cathi L. Eagan, Nashville
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