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Ed Markey's Public Statements on Issue: Food Processing and Sales

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02/15/2022 SENATORS MARKEY AND WARREN APPLAUD $1.1 MILLION GRANT TO SUPPORT MASSACHUSETTS SEAFOOD INDUSTRY
05/06/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Merkley, Murkowski, Reed Lead Bipartisan Push to Support Fishermen and Seafood Processors
04/29/2020 Letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross - Senators Markey and Warren, and Reps. Moulton and Keating Demand Immediate Guidance for Fisheries Disaster Assistance Funding During Coronavirus Emergency
04/20/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States, Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Stephen Hahn, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - Leahy And Other Senate Democrats Urge Trump Administration To Protect Food Supply And Essential Workers During COVID-19 Crisis
04/09/2020 FDA Answers Senator Markey Call for New Guidance for Retail Food Workers and Consumers to Combat Coronavirus Transmission
04/08/2020 Senator Markey Calls for Clear Guidance from Trump Administration on Retail, Consumer Food Handling During Coronavirus Pandemic
11/21/2019 Letter to Admiral Brett Giroir, MD, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Duckworth Leads Colleagues in Sending Letter to FDA About Heavy Metals in Baby Food
11/18/2019 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Pushes Back on Trump Administration's Proposed SNAP Cuts
08/08/2019 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Rep. Sewell, Sen. Sanders, 130+ Members of Congress Urge Trump Administration to Reverse Food Assistance Rule
01/11/2019 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, FDA - Explain Shutdown's Impact on Health & Food Safety
12/05/2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, Comissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Lawmakers Keep Pressure on Food and Drug Administration to Go Further in Combating Youth Tobacco Use
11/16/2018 Senator Markey Applauds FDA Changes to Limit Youth E-Cigarette Use, Ban Menthol Cigarettes
10/31/2018 Letter to the Hon. Scott Gottlieb, Comissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Senators Blast FDA Decision to Approve New Supercharged Opioid Dsuvia
09/17/2018 Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act
04/26/2018 Letter to Chairman John Hoeven, and Ranking Member Jeff Merkley - Ensure Horse Slaughter Remains Illegal
04/11/2018 Blumenthal, Markey & Whitehouse Introduce Legislation to Modernize Food Labeling
03/20/2018 Letter to the Honorable Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration - Label and Regulate All Sesame Products
12/19/2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader, the Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations - Continue Defunding USDA Inspections, Ban Horse Meat in US
09/21/2017 Durbin, Brown, Reed, Blumenthal, Markey, Franken Introduce Legislation To Reduce Youth Tobacco Use, Close Tax Loopholes
09/28/2016 Senator Markey and Congresswoman Meng Call for Ban on BPA in All Food and Beverage Containers
08/12/2016 Senator Markey: FDA's Final Rule On Food Safety Process Is A Missed Opportunity
08/02/2016 Letter to the Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - Revise SNAP Rule
07/15/2016 Letter to The Honorable John Kerry, Secretary, U.S. Department of State, and The Honorable Kathryn D. Sullivan, Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere - Combat Seafood Fraud and Illegal and Unregulated Fishing
05/09/2016 Letter to the Hon. Robert M. Califf, M.D., Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration - Robust Requirements For Using The Term "Natural" On Food Labels
03/11/2016 Letter to the Honorable Robert M. Califf - Backing Real Maple Syrup

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