NAIS Defeated!
Dick & Becky Stevens forwared this good news!
PETERSON PROVISION REMOVED!!
PLEASE THANK REP. BOB GOODLATTE!
Thanks to language proposed by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)in eleventh-hour negotiations over COOL (part of a negotiation process Goodlatte initiated months ago) the provision that would have allowed linking COOL to mandatory NAIS has been removed from the House version of the Farm Bill, with the agreement of Peterson. This is a huge victory and we thank Congressman Goodlatte! Goodlatte is the Ranking (minority) Member of the House Ag. Committee and he opposes mandatory NAIS.
PLEASE CONTACT REP. GOODLATTE IMMEDIATELY AND THANK HIM!!!
PH: (202) 225-5431 FAX: (202) 225-9681
EMAIL form (only if you are in his district): http://www.house.gov/goodlatte/emailbob.htm
Once the full House votes on the Farm Bill, it will go
to the Senate Ag. Committee, and they can do whatever they want, so
wel need to contact the members of the Committee. We will send out
an ALERT soon with details.
NOTE: Our efforts are bearing fruit--we did not win this yesterday
morning, we've been winning it a little bit every day for several
months. But the same rule applies to losing. We have a long way to
go, and we need to just keep chugging along.
Sample letter to Goodlatte:
Dear Congressman Goodlatte,
Thank you for your negotiations on the Farm Bill that resulted in
keeping in the Farm Bill the current law prohibiting using mandatory
animal ID for COOL. I oppose NAIS and I am grateful you kept this
protection. Please continue to support our efforts opposing NAIS.
Name
Address
Phone number
(Please include this information so they will know where you are from).
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For more information please contact the Virginia Independent
Consumers and Farmers Association (VICFA) and National Independent
Consumers and Farmers Advocates Fund (NICFA Fund)
Email: editor@vicfa.net Websites: http://www.vicfa.net http://
www.nicfa.org Phone 434.760.5514