{"id":2007450,"date":"2023-08-21T20:08:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T00:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-40-of-house-seeks-to-block-repeal-of-california-pork-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T20:10:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T00:10:30","slug":"nearly-40-of-house-seeks-to-block-repeal-of-california-pork-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-40-of-house-seeks-to-block-repeal-of-california-pork-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"40% of House opposes repeal of California pork restrictions."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnearly-40-of-house-seeks-to-block-repeal-of-california-pork-restrictions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2007450&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Bipartisan Effort\u200b to Oppose Restrictive Farm Bill Provision<\/h2>\n<p>A large contingent of Democrats\u2063 and\u2064 a handful of Republicans have\u200b united \u200dagainst \u200ba provision\u200d in the Farm Bill that aims to block California&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/animal-activists-dangle-china-boogeyman-in-fight-over-california-pork-restrictions\/\" title=\"Animal activists use China boogeyman to oppose California pork restrictions.\">pork production restrictions<\/a>. This move has\u2063 sparked\u200b a heated \u200cdebate among lawmakers.<\/p>\n<h3>Strong Opposition to the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act<\/h3>\n<p>In a letter addressed to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn &#8220;GT&#8221; Thompson (R-PA) and ranking member David Scott (D-GA), lawmakers expressed their strong opposition to the \u2062Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act (EATS Act). This act seeks \u200bto combat laws like California&#8217;s\u2062 Proposition 12, which imposes stringent restrictions on pork producers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The EATS Act could harm America\u2019s \u200dsmall farmers, threaten numerous state laws, and infringe on the fundamental rights of states \u200bto establish\u200b laws and regulations within their \u200down borders,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter, led by Representatives \u2062Earl \u200bBlumenauer (D-OR) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), highlights\u2063 the potential \u200bnegative consequences of the EATS \u200cAct. Joining Fitzpatrick in signing \u200dthe letter are four fellow Republicans, including Representatives Mike Lawler (R-NY), Mike\u2063 Garcia (R-CA), Chris Smith (R-NJ), and Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR). On the Democratic side, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-40-of-house-seeks-to-block-repeal-of-california-pork-restrictions\/\" title=\"40% of House opposes repeal of California pork restrictions.\">notable signatories include members<\/a> of the far-left &#8216;Squad&#8217; such \u200das \u200cRepresentatives Rashida Tlaib \u2062(D-MI),\u200b Cori Bush (D-MO), Ilhan\u2062 Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Greg Casar (D-TX), and Summer Lee (D-PA).<\/p>\n<h3>Proposition \u200c12 and its Impact on Pork Producers<\/h3>\n<p>Proposition 12, \u2062a\u200d California law, mandates that\u2063 all pork producers in America who wish to sell their products\u200b in California must provide \u200c24 \u2063square feet of\u200c space per sow. This\u2064 requirement adds an estimated $3,500 in cost-per-sow to comply. The law also includes\u200d provisions\u2064 for \u200degg \u2063and\u2063 veal \u200dproduction.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064EATS Act,\u200b introduced\u200c by Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Representative Ashley Hinson (R-IA), invokes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-change-public-health-racism-the-church-of-leftisms-diabolical-trilogy\/\" title=\"Climate Change, Public Health, Racism: The Church of Leftism\u2019s Diabolical Trilogy\">interstate commerce clause<\/a> of the Constitution. \u2064Its aim is to prevent states like California from regulating producers in other states, thereby protecting the market of those \u2063producers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;California has opened the \u2063door to punish farmers and ranchers for how \u2062they\u200c tend their livestock \u2064and take care of the land. Make no mistake: The EATS Act would protect the existence of family farms across the country soon to be under \u2063assault by Proposition 12 and ensure California\u2019s law applies only in California,&#8221; said Marshall.<\/p>\n<h3>Opposition&#8217;s Argument \u2062and Support<\/h3>\n<p>The group of 171 House\u2064 members opposing the provision argues\u2064 that producers \u200bcan simply choose not to sell their \u2064products in California, \u2064thereby avoiding the need to comply\u200b with the state&#8217;s\u2064 law. This argument aligns with the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling in May, where Justice Neil Gorsuch stated that &#8220;companies that choose\u200d to sell products in various\u200d States must normally \u200bcomply with the laws of those \u2064various States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Opponents\u2064 of Proposition 12 also argue that it has an &#8220;extraterritorial&#8221; effect on pork producers from\u2063 states that do not enforce such expensive requirements. Additionally, agricultural trade organizations, including \u2062those in the beef industry, oppose the California measure due to its potential implications for cattle production.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents of\u200b the opposition, such as the \u2062Organization for Competitive Markets, have applauded the letter and highlighted the bipartisan support it received. They believe that the EATS Act undermines independent family \u200dfarmers, states&#8217; rights,\u200b and the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We applaud the more than 150 bipartisan Members of the People\u2019s House for standing firmly against the terrible EATS assault\u200b on independent family\u200d farmers, states\u2019 \u200crights, and the Constitution,&#8221;\u200c said OCM Action President Marty Irby.<\/p>\n<p>As the debate continues, the future of the Farm Bill provision remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">here<\/a> to read more from the \u2064Washington \u2062Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A significant number of Democrats and a few Republicans opposed a Farm Bill provision that aims to prevent California&#8217;s pork production restrictions. In a letter to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn &#8220;GT&#8221; Thompson (R-PA) and ranking member David Scott (D-GA), they strongly criticized the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act, designed to address this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2007451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2007450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}