Republicans wary about RFK’s pledge to ‘wage war against ‘industrial agriculture, industrial meat production, factory farming and chemical based agriculture’
Republicans wary about RFK’s pledge to ‘wage war against ‘industrial agriculture, industrial meat production, factory farming and chemical based agriculture’
Audrey Fahlberg | Reason | November 26, 2024
Republican Senators on Capitol Hill … share their hesitations about [Donald] Trump’s preferred candidate to lead the Department of Health and Human Services….
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[K]ennedy pledged to “reverse 80 years of farm policy in this country, which have directed us toward industrial agriculture, industrial meat production, factory farming, chemical-based agriculture, carbon-based fertilizers, all of these things that are destroying the soils in our country.”That kind of anti-pesticide rhetoric is not lost on many Republican lawmakers. “For those of us in agriculture, the biggest thing I hear is: ‘Well, we’ve got to be able to utilize modern farming practices that [include] fertilizers, pesticides, all those kinds of things that go into our food supply,’” says Senator John Hoeven (R., N. D.).
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Senator Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) … remains optimistic about Kennedy’s confirmation chances.
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