Monsanto Protection Act Defended by Missouri's Roy Blunt

[LongTomH]

Senator Roy Blunt just happens, by some coincidence, to be the recipient of $108,000 in campaign contributions since 2010.

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans objected to an attempt Thursday to repeal a controversial provision, informally dubbed the "Monsanto Protection Act," that could allow seeds deemed unsafe to be planted regardless of judicial order.

The provision was quietly slipped into law earlier this year and generated a firestorm once its substance became known. During debate on the farm bill Thursday, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) offered an amendment that would have repealed the measure, but it was blocked by Senate Republicans, led by Roy Blunt (R-Mo.).

Earlier on Thursday, in an interview with The Huffington Post, Blunt said that the point of the provision was to protect farmers who had already purchased seeds that were later deemed unsafe. "I was raised -- my mom and dad were dairy farmers. Once you've made a decision to plant a crop for that year, you can't go back and undo that decision," he said.

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Meanwhile, Merkley's repeal effort has seen an outpouring of grassroots support. A petition announced by his office on Sunday has already garnered more than 130,000 signatures, and backing for the idea extends well beyond his Oregon constituents. A petition put out by Food Democracy Now, which organized a protest at the White House shortly after the "Monsanto Protection Act" became law in March, has also garnered close to 100,000 signatures, and a petition introduced on Wednesday by CREDO Action, an online progressive group with some three million members, has gathered almost 120,000.

Read more at Huffpost: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/monsanto-protection-act_n_3322180.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics

Monsanto is getting resistance from grassroots groups across the globe. There will be worldwide March Against Monsanto events worldwide.



The event in Kansas City will take place Sat, May 25, 10:00AM - 3:00PM at the JC Nichols fountain on 47th St.

[cbdo2007]

1. We've got one Dem senator and Dem governor in MO....wish we could get rid of Blunt

but he's got a pretty tight hold.

[nykym]

2. My question to Mr Blunt

regarding his defense of the provision,
"Earlier on Thursday, in an interview with The Huffington Post, Blunt said that the point of the provision was to protect farmers who had already purchased seeds that were later deemed unsafe. "I was raised -- my mom and dad were dairy farmers. Once you've made a decision to plant a crop for that year, you can't go back and undo that decision," he said".

If it was designed to protect the farmers why wasn't it written in a way that would have reimbursed the farmer for the seeds at Monsanto's expense or any other seed company that supplied seeds deemed unsafe.

[socialsecurityisAAA]

3. You make too much sense, legislators won't be able to understand you.

Please rephrase that using corporate friendly language.

[catnhatnh]

4. I want Roy Blunt to describe...

decision day down on the dairy farm when Ol' Ma and Pa Blunt decided what kind of cow seeds to plant that year.

[KamaAina]

5. Well, naturally

Monsatan is based in Missouri. Same reason the Clintons have ties to Wal-Mart and Tyson, two of Arkansas' largest companies