36. Insure States' Rights to Enact Food and Drug Labeling Laws

WHEREAS the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4167 called the National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005 which, if signed into law, would require uniform federal food labeling that supercedes all state and local labeling laws, including those affording a greater protection than Federal laws,

WHEREAS the National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005  removes the States' rights to regulate food labeling,

WHEREAS the U.S. Constitution reserves to the States those rights not specifically given to the Federal Government,

WHEREAS this law appears to be designed to prevent citizens from enacting State laws to inform and protect themselves in order to benefit a few large corporations.

NOW THEREFORE, the Democratic Party of Maui calls on the Hawai`i Congressional Representatives and Senators do everything possible to defeat or repeal this law and any others like it. Support Women's Reproductive Rights and Health Services