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Senate Holds Hearing on Food Safety Reform

By Helena Bottemiller on October 23, 2009

Amidst the ongoing health care reform circus and a busy legislative agenda, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) took time to hold a hearing on food safety reform yesterday.

The hearing is the first major action in the Senate on legislation to overhaul the U.S. Food…

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Reid Promises Family Senate Action

By Dan Flynn on September 19, 2009

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has promised the family of a Nevada woman that the U.S. Senate will take up a food safety bill this fall.

Reid, who is a candidate for re-election to the Senate in 2010, made the pledge in a letter to the family of Linda…

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Food Safety Bill Likely with Harkin

By Helena Bottemiller on September 16, 2009

As the new chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, has publicly indicated that the committee will likely take up a food safety bill this fall and consumer advocates remain hopeful that a bill is possible before Christmas.

Harkin took chairmanship of…

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Attention Drawn to Food Safety in Iowa

By Helena Bottemiller on September 3, 2009

Food safety took center stage in Iowa yesterday as Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee participated in a food safety panel discussion at Drake University and the Pew Charitable Trusts released a study that found 90 percent of voting Iowans believes the government should be given…
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