by Anthony Gucciardi
September 25, 2013
In a major victory
brought upon by serious activism and public outrage, new legislation changes
will shut down the Monsanto Protection Act rider that granted Monsanto
protection from legal action and was set to renew on September 30th.
This
unprecedented move shows the true power of the anti-GMO, anti-Monsanto
movement, and how elected officials are now being forced to side with the
concerned population over the money-spewing Monsanto. After all, it was
Monsanto who purchased its way into the initial Senate spending bill
legislation via a rider dubbed the ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ through
Senator Roy Blunt.
Officially
labeled the Farmer Assurance Provision under Sec. 735 of the Senate
Continuing Resolution spending bill, Senator Blunt was conveniently given over $64,000 by Monsanto before he handed
the biotech corporation the ability to write its own legislation for the
Monsanto Protection Act. And as I told you back in March here on the frontlines
of anti-GMO activism, the financial payload dished out by Monsanto was enough
to secure a major victory for corporations over both the public and
even the federal government.
It was last
March that Obama signed the initial Senate spending bill
into law, subsequently bringing the Monsanto Protection Act rider into legal
validity as well. But the rider only extended until September 30th of this
year, and it was up to Monsanto to pull another slippery legislative trick out
of their sleeves in order to pass a Monsanto Protection Act 2.0 renewal. Once
again, however, Monsanto executives underestimated the power of the alternative
news community and the intelligence of those who do not want to eat
contaminated food.
And as a
result, Senators are being forced to respond in a big way. As one Senator put
it:
“That
provision will be gone,” said Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) told Politico.
There is even
discussion of how the Monsanto Protection Act came to exist in the first place,
and more importantly how we can hold the politicians responsible.
“Short-term
appropriations bills are not an excuse for Congress to grandfather in bad
policy,” said Colin O’Neil, director of government affairs for the Center for
Food Safety.
Once again, we
have achieved a major victory in the fight against Monsanto and GMOs at large.
As information on the subject continues to spread like intellectual wildfire,
Monsanto’s days as a food supply hog consistently dwindle.
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