Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018
Floor Speech
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Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. Chairman, while many today will debate the role of the Federal Government in regulating product sales between two willing States, I simply want to make one point: The medical evidence against raw milk, against unpasteurized milk, is clear. There is no denying the link between raw milk consumption and life-threatening foodborne illnesses.
According to the CDC, unpasteurized dairy products, otherwise known as raw milk, while consumed by less than 4 percent of the population, account for 96 percent of illnesses from contaminated dairy products.
As a physician who has recently retired from obstetrics, what truly touches my heart is that two-thirds of these outbreaks are associated with raw milk consumption involving children.
How any school could allow raw milk inside their walls is nothing short of appalling, and that is why I stand today and ask you to oppose this amendment that would expand the interstate sale of raw milk and would fly in the face of both the FDA and CDC's best science.
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Mr. MARSHALL. Madam Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Yoho), a veterinarian who knows more about these foodborne illnesses than I do.
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Mr. MARSHALL. Madam Chair, how much time do I have remaining?
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Mr. MARSHALL. Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Schrader).
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Mr. MARSHALL. Madam Chair, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Peterson), the ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, if he has any tolerance for the issue.
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Mr. MARSHALL. Madam Chair, according to a veterinarian well known to me, he has claimed that drinking raw milk is akin to drinking water out of a cow hoof print in the dirt.
Madam Chair, I want to encourage folks to vote against this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
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