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Reo. Massie in 2015: Americans deserve to know where their food comes from
X / US Congress ^ | Oct 26 / March 2025 | Rep. Thomas Massie

Posted on 10/27/2025 1:38:03 AM PDT by RandFan

@RepThomasMassie

🥩 How is it that Congress is in recess, the lights are turned out, and the doors are locked, yet I can post a five minute speech on why we need Country of Origin Labels for beef?

Because I gave this speech 10 years ago!

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Food
KEYWORDS: 123oclock4oclockzot; dumbingdownfr; randpaulsucks; trollfarm
"What is the World Trade Organization (WTO)? Who are they to tell Congress what to pass"?

RE: Country of origin labels

Yes, the WTO Ruled the US cannot do it!

WTH!

1 posted on 10/27/2025 1:38:03 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Maybe we can incorporate “beef” into the names of the appropriate states and then claim copyright on the term.

Sorta like what they do with wines like champagne, burgundy, etc.


2 posted on 10/27/2025 2:26:46 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: fruser1

America has always been the Bread Basket of the world. Now we import veggies as Californicate has outlawed water to teh ag industry. We import Mexican veggies sprayed with whatever chemical they want to use there.
Now since we are destroying the meat industry here we will be importing more meat laced with whatever they use like Growth hormones.


3 posted on 10/27/2025 3:44:28 AM PDT by oldasrocks
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To: RandFan

>> Because I gave this speech 10 years ago!

Back when you weren’t such an insufferable idjit, mASSie.


4 posted on 10/27/2025 4:52:50 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: RandFan
Sounds like a job for


5 posted on 10/27/2025 5:36:52 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: RandFan

Massie, the grand standing pro amnesty shill, is suddenly concerned about protecting American borders — only related to the cows. Lol.


6 posted on 10/27/2025 5:49:20 AM PDT by nhwingut (Tagline for lease... )
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To: RandFan

Yes, why are companies or commie world organizations against telling us where our food is coming from?


7 posted on 10/27/2025 6:08:38 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: RandFan

Has anyone noticed what is going on with avocados?

I have left a cut one out on the counter and it didn’t turn brown at all. It was hard and squishy and I came across this:

https://youtube.com/shorts/TcZUpA3XtU4?si=jrBoam78sWxN8PMs

The half I ate had no flavor and the texture wasn’t avocado-y. And it was ripened.


8 posted on 10/27/2025 6:27:16 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: RandFan

What a Massiehole.


9 posted on 10/27/2025 6:35:55 AM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: RandFan
You don't have to agree with Massie's foreign policy issues to concur with him on the issue of cattle production. Next to Wisconsin, with its huge dairy industry, Kentucky is the largest beef producer east of the Mississippi. It ranks 15th in the nation for the size of its cattle production. The numbers are small ($705 million in 2023) compared with Texas ($6.2 billion) or Nebraska ($5.6 billion). Yet cattle and other livestock production (chickens, egg, horses) account for almost half of Kentucky's farm income.

America needs to be as self-sufficient in agriculture as possible, except for crops that cannot be grown here, e.g., coffee and pineapples (Hawaii excepted). That means in part truth in labeling. Unless you seek out organic meat from a local vendor, usually at a higher cost, there is no assurance that you will buy American raised meat. We have no control over what is produced in Brazil, Argentina, Canada, or Australia.

10 posted on 10/27/2025 6:56:14 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: RandFan

Its part of the NAFTA agreement just like Mexican trucks coming through the US without having to adhere to our truck regulations.


11 posted on 10/27/2025 6:57:10 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: RandFan

The WTO and their corporate buddies can go pound sand.


12 posted on 10/27/2025 6:57:39 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Amazing. Had no idea. The notion it can supersede the law and constitution of the US is crazy


13 posted on 10/27/2025 7:02:30 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

It is the law. Your Congress voted for NAFTA. Likely Rand Paul voted for it. Go ask him.


14 posted on 10/27/2025 7:04:52 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Not me and Rand would never vote for it
🙄

If something like that came up , he would not vote for it and neither does Massie

They’re very consistent on these issues


15 posted on 10/27/2025 7:08:29 AM PDT by RandFan
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