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Tammy Baldwin's Public Statements on Issue: Food Processing and Sales

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09/12/2023 Baldwin, Risch Push FDA to Crack Down on Lab-Grown Imitation Dairy Products
05/19/2023 Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Bill to Support Wisconsin Food Products, Protect from Unfair Trade
05/11/2023 Baldwin, Risch Slam FDA Rule that Allows Plant-Based Products to Use Dairy's Good Name, Hurts Consumers
06/22/2022 Baldwin Supports Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Extend School and Summer Meals for Kids
04/22/2021 Baldwin, Risch, Welch, Simpson Stand Up for America's Dairy Farmers
10/05/2020 Letter to the Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of the Dept. of Labor - Senate and House Democrats Demand Answers from Secretary Scalia on Labor Department's Involvement in Weakening COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance For Nation's Largest Meatpacking Plant
09/28/2020 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, Dr, Robert Redfield, Dir. of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Dr. John Howard, Dir. of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Democrats Demand Answers After CDC Weakens COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance for Nation's Largest Meatpacking Plant
08/25/2020 Letter to The Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of The Dept. of Agriculture, and The Hon. Robert Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative - U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Tina Smith Lead Bipartisan Group in Calling for Enforcement of Usmca Dairy Provisions
06/19/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and to the Hon. Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader, and to the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader - Congressman Panetta Leads House, Senate Members in Calling for Strong Funding for Global Food Security in Anticipated Covid-19 Legislation
05/21/2020 Tweet - "We must quickly direct resources to the states so they can work with food and agriculture stakeholders to stabilize our nation's food supply chain and help prevent more severe economic losses for farmers in rural America. #FarmingSupportToStates"
05/20/2020 Baldwin Helps Introduce Bill to Expand SNAP Delivery During COVID-19 Pandemic
05/20/2020 Tweet - "Our farmers & food workers are doing essential work every day to feed our nation but they're feeling the economic impacts of this pandemic. My bipartisan reform will help address the challenges they're facing so they can continue serving our country & moving our economy forward."
05/15/2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture - In a letter to USDA Secretary Perdue, 29 Senators make recommendations to protect food supply workers
05/12/2020 Tweet - "I joined a bipartisan group of Senators calling for a @TheJusticeDept investigation into the legality of meatpacker practices. We have questions and serious concerns about potential market manipulation and anticompetitive activities that aren't fair to farmers."
05/06/2020 Letter to Andre Nogueira, CEO of JBS USA Holdings, Inc., Noel Whie, CEO Of Tyson Foods, Inc., and Kenneth Sullivan, President and CEO of Smithfield Foods - Baldwin Demands Answers from the Nation's Largest Meat Processors on Failing to Protect Workers from Covid-19
04/29/2020 Letter to the Federal Trade Commission - Senators Baldwin, Hawley Ask FTC to Open Antitrust Investigation into Meatpackers Amid Plant Closures
04/17/2020 Letter to President Donald Trump, and Steven Mnuchin, Sec. of the Treasury - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Urges Trump Administration to Support Wisconsin Farmers and Food Industry Now
01/22/2020 Letter to Dr. Stephen Hahn, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Baldwin, Risch Lead Bipartisan Effort to Stand up for America's Dairy Farmers
07/01/2019 Brown, Senate Democrats Press OSHA, McDonald's Leadership to Take Action to Protect Employees from Workplace Violence
01/11/2019 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, FDA - Explain Shutdown's Impact on Health & Food Safety
08/01/2018 Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019
06/13/2017 U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Questions USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue at Agriculture Budget Hearing
05/11/2017 Senator Baldwin Announces Support For U.S. Trade Representative Nominee Lighthizer
04/05/2017 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump - Prioritize Opening Chinese Markets to U.S. Beef
01/31/2017 Letter to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - FDA Action to Resolve Problem Impacting Consumers and Wisconsin Diary Industry

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