Help for Our Dairy Industry

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Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, while our Nation's farmers continue to bear the brunt of the obstruction stopping passage of the USMCA, there is a lot we can do to help our struggling dairy industry.

Currently, I am a proud cosponsor of three bills that would do just that and implement the priorities of not just farmers in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, but farmers across our Nation.

The bipartisan Dairy Pride Act would provide truth in labeling by preventing nondairy products made from nuts, algae, seeds, and plants from using dairy terms.

The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2019, introduced by Pennsylvania's own G.T. Thompson, would increase consumption of whole milk in our schools, allowing children to reap the taste and nutritional benefits of whole milk, and is a win-win for both children and dairy producers alike.

In addition, the School Milk Nutrition Act of 2019, also sponsored by Congressman Thompson, would roll back another bad policy from the Obama years and would codify that schools may offer flavored low-fat milk in the National School Lunch Program.

Mr. Speaker, if Democrat leaders will not bring up the USMCA for a vote and help our dairy farmers by doing things like eliminating Canada's Class 7 milk, then we should act to find other ways to solve these problems for our dairy farmers. These are three bills that are a great start.

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