Subject: Hawaii GMO Watch - HEADS UP! - GMO LABELING BILL TO BE HEARD MAR. 20th Aloha Petition Signers: GMO Labeling - Still Alive! Taking Testimony - To Be Heard March 20th From our last episode, There are some good ideas for amending HB174 that might enable it to move to Conference Committee. Well come back to that in our next update, as there is time to work with that. We have been waiting to get back to you, not wanting to jump the gun, but we had heard that there was a possibility another bill would be gutted and replaced with a GMO Labeling bill. It has finally happened at the last possible moment. The Venerable House Agriculture Committee Chair Representative Jessica Wooley has dispatched with all the other Ag bills that could have been problematic, and now Monday evening filed SB2435_HD1_PROPOSED a GMO Labeling bill to be heard in the Capitol Auditorium on March 20th some time after 9:35am. See Status at: capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2435&year=2014 This bill has already been through the Senate. It only has to pass the House Agriculture and Finance Committees to then go to Conference Committee. ACTION ALERT Its time to give it your best shot with your best written testimony and article attachments in favor of GMO Labeling. If you can make it, on Oahu, in-person would be good, hearing will likely run all day. This is the last opportunity on this for this year. When you send in your written testimony, make sure you clarify in the first line of your testimony that it is in SUPPORT of SB2435 HD1 PROPOSED not the prior versions of SB2435. You can submit your written testimony preferably at the link capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2435&year=2014 via the blue Submit Testimony button if you are familiar with that, or you can email it to [email protected] making sure to put SUPPORT SB2435 HD1 PROPOSED at the front of the testimony. (Tip: The opponents key argument against will be somewhat erroneously that GMO Labeling would drive up food prices. That affect would be more than offset if Hawaii did not have to abide by the Jones Act, which very well could come about this year. GMO Labeling alone wont determine food prices.) Will send out some sample testimony tomorrow. Wanted to get this word out as quickly as possible for those who can compose their own testimony in support of GMO Labeling. There has been lots of good news items in our favor, will save em for a later update. Aloha, Brad
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:36:46 +0000
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