{"id":50252,"date":"2016-03-02T23:18:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T23:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=50252"},"modified":"2016-03-02T23:18:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T23:18:00","slug":"north-dakota-act-today-tell-sen-heitkamp-no-compromise-gmo-labeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/north-dakota-act-today-tell-sen-heitkamp-no-compromise-gmo-labeling\/","title":{"rendered":"NORTH DAKOTA: ACT TODAY! Tell Sen. Heitkamp, No Compromise on GMO Labeling!"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Dakota\u2019s GMO sugar beet industry is counting on their campaign donations to Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) to help them mount a last ditch effort, at the federal level, to block state GMO labeling laws before the first one takes effect in Vermont on July 1.<\/p>\n

On March 1, in the Senate Agriculture Committee, Sen. Heitkamp voted<\/a> for the DARK Act, Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS)\u2019s bill to Deny Americans the Right to Know about GMOs.<\/p>\n

CALL TODAY! Please call Sen. Heitkamp at (202) 224-2043 to ask her t<\/b>o tell her how disappointed you are that she voted for the DARK Act. Please ask her to oppose any compromise that would block or delay Vermont\u2019s GMO labeling law. Tell her that the GMA\u2019s SmartLabels are an unacceptable replacement for the on-package GMO labels that consumers need to make informed decisions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roberts\u2019 bill passed the agriculture committee, but it doesn\u2019t have the 60 votes it would need to block a filibuster, pass the full Senate and get President Obama\u2019s signature, unless Democrats like Heitkamp agree to a compromise. We can stop this bill if we can get Sen. Heitkamp back on our side.<\/p>\n

This is why your voice in North Dakota is so important:<\/p>\n

North Dakota is a leading producer of GMO sugar beets, which have been engineered to withstand heavy doses of glyphosate herbicide (Monsanto\u2019s Roundup), which the World Health Organization says is a \u201cprobable carcinogen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The industry went all-out to convince Sen. Heitkamp to vote for the DARK Act. David Berg, the president and CEO of American Crystal Sugar Co., a major supplier of beet sugar based in Moorhead, Minn., told Agri-Pulse his company worked hard for her vote.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve got to remind Sen. Heitkamp that she works for North Dakota voters, not the corporations. How do we do that? With phone calls! Please call Sen. Heitkamp at (202) 224-2043.<\/b><\/p>\n

Last year, Sen. Heitkamp was thought to be willing to be the lead Democrat on Robert\u2019s DARK Act, until she spoke up as pro-GMO but against taking away states\u2019 rights to label.<\/p>\n

According to the password-protected PoliticoPro website, Sen. Heitkamp said:<\/p>\n

My first inclination always is to avoid preemption . . . You can\u2019t fight [GMO labeling] on every front. At some point, if people say, \u2018I want to know,\u2019 \u2026 the industry and agribusiness has to say, \u2018Look we\u2019ll tell you and then we\u2019ll educate you.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n

Sen. Heitkamp has not been true to her word. The $230.9K<\/a> Heitkamp has taken from agribusiness since she first ran for Senate is the reason why.<\/p>\n

TAKE ACTION: Please call Sen. Heitkamp at (202) 224-2043 to ask her to oppose any \u201ccompromise\u201d that would block or delay Vermont\u2019s GMO labeling law.<\/b><\/p>\n

Thanks for taking action!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

North Dakota\u2019s GMO sugar beet industry is counting on their campaign donations to Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) to help them mount a last ditch effort, at the federal level, to block state GMO labeling laws before the first one takes effect in Vermont on July 1.<\/p>\n

On March 1, in the Senate Agriculture Committee, Sen. Heitkamp voted for the DARK Act, Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS)\u2019s bill to Deny Americans the Right to Know about GMOs.<\/p>\n

CALL TODAY! Please call Sen. Heitkamp at (202) 224-2043 to ask her t<\/b>o tell her how disappointed you are that she voted for the DARK Act. Please ask her to oppose any compromise that would block or delay Vermont\u2019s GMO labeling law. Tell her that the GMA\u2019s SmartLabels are an unacceptable replacement for the on-package GMO labels that consumers need to make informed decisions.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1000,1031],"tags":[7,9],"organicbytes":[],"countries":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNORTH DAKOTA: ACT TODAY! Tell Sen. 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