Action pnum1079 Last 25 Messages Transmitted Log Co-Sponsor HR 1830 - Allow Interstate Shipment of Raw Milk for Human Consumption ********** [041754:040616] N.K., Alameda, CA What has happened to our freedom to drink healthy raw milk? Where does this unjustified and lawless interference with the rights of individuals end? Wake up. It's time to stand up for ethics. Who is buying your conscience? ********** [105416:032216] B.H., Dallas, TX Please support the legalization of raw milk. Why is the government telling us we can't drink raw milk, but we can eat disease-causing 'foods' such as aspartame, msg, food coloring, high fructose corn syrup, highly refined oils, gmo crops, and more? All wrapped up in a BPA-laden package. But we can't choose between raw and dead milk? People have drank raw milk for thousands of years. It can be produced responsibility. I'd rather drink raw grass-fed milk from a farmer than mass produced dead milk with denatured proteins, a cocktail of antibiotics, hormones, and animal cruelty. You think raw milk is filthy? Look at the conventional dairy farm practices. The government should not be controlling what Americans eat, as long as it's real food. Which raw milk IS real food. This is the milk our grandparents drank. ********** [070054:102215] A.A., Surprise, AZ This is a total violation of farmers rights ... what has happened to our countries and governments who allow this to happen! Again the FDA is all so manipulative, unjust and doesn't give a thought about peoples health ... it now all about the money! ********** [224048:072215] H.S., Peconic, NY To whom this may concern, We should retain the right to eat as we wish. I feel our freedoms are being removed and violated by the FDA. It is high time to stop the unfair injustice that is taking place and trying for a strong hold on the American public. This mentality reminds me of an old movie with Edward G Robinson. Like a police state food was rationed and made of corpses. Is that what we're coming to ? No freedom of choice, and cereal for children on the grocery shelves that are a chemical bomb. These cereals have colors that look like they glow in the dark. And the red dye that has been studied and a known carcinogen is on the shelf. As are others. Be a part of a healthy future and hold your head up. Help be a voice to save our rights and stop the nonsense. Please address this issue and save our freedoms. Thank you. Sincerely Helen Soltys ********** [140813:111614] m.f., Sentinel, OK sould love to feed raw milk to my grandson, but there are no local dairies to buy from. ********** [171215:092914] P.H., Ocala, FL I support the right of farmers to produce and sell milk from healthy, pastured animals for human consumption anywhere in the United States. If we do not have the right to buy and sell healthy foods in this country, whenever and wherever we choose, what has become of the "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave?" We are no longer a free country if we cannot have even the right to purchase the healthy foods we want to eat. You cannot argue that whole raw dairy is not healthy, because it has been proven that it is safer than other foods. ********** [060941:053114] P.B., Springfield, VA I support and encourage the FREEDOM to choose my own food. Though I encourage federally sponsored health and nutrition education, I dramatically oppose the governments attempt (or anyone's for that matter) to litigate my diet. When you consider all the food that IS legal for consumption, the laws around raw milk become even more preposterous. It is widely know - by anyone who cares - that many if not most of these laws are created and upheld in the interests of large agri-business, not in the interest of my health. Please let me choose what I eat, and where I get it. It is not only a responsible public health measure, it is a responsible environmental measure, and definitely a responsible political measure. ********** [055841:042314] C.O., Green Bay, WI * We believe that there is a fundamental right to produce and consume the foods of our choice including raw milk. ********** [145546:040114] J.M., Green Bay, WI We don't need the government telling us what we can and can't consume. End this madness. ********** [120435:032514] j.c., Aurora, IL It is time to rescind the laws against the sale of raw milk products across state lines and within states themselves. We need to realize the true facts and not just listen to those convenient for the processors. Raw milk safety has been proven, so give us a break so we can have a more healthy diet. ********** [110750:030614] K.B., Boulder, CO Dear Congressmen, I support and encourage the FREEDOM to choose my own food. Though I encourage federally sponsored health and nutrition education, I dramatically oppose the governments attempt (or anyone's for that matter) to litigate my diet. When you consider all the food that IS legal for consumption, the laws around raw milk become even more preposterous. It is widely know - by anyone who cares - that many if not most of these laws are created and upheld in the interests of large agri-business, not in the interest of my health. Please let me choose what I eat, and where I get it. It is not only a responsible public health measure, it is a responsible environmental measure, and definitely a responsible political measure. Thank you, Kyle Butterfield ********** [054501:022014] T.C., Flint, MI Finally our (R-MI) Tim Walberg Gets It! There are many of us across the states who are lactose intolerant because of the chemicals and processing of milk. I have never had the luxury of tasting real milk, only the option of purchasing milk with Anitbiotics, Synthetic Hormones, Toxic Pesticides, and GMO fed livestock. Therefore I and my family Purchase No Milk! (for 20 or more years now) The same with all GMO foods and GMO fed livestock. If it makes me sick for days on end, why would I consume it? So, we Don't! We can only imagine the benefits of raw milk and how this would effect our choices of food options in other areas and on our tables. Please Transport Raw Milk across our state and borders, and Ban GMO from the state of Michigan, so that myself and others may become Consumers once again. ********** [172510:122113] R.B., San Angelo, TX Raw milk is the best thing I've EVER tasted... As well as raw butter, raw cheeses, raw cream... I could go on for days. RAW LIFE. Let people use their freedom of choice and buy what they want to buy, every state should be as great as mine and allow raw milk sells. This country used to be the greatest country ever, now we are so restricted we can't even use OUR OWN choice to buy a jug of fresh milk?? Come on now, something's wrong with that. ********** [102350:121813] P.T., Springfield, MO Outlawing raw milk, which is healthier to drink, does not make sense. There are over 100,000 people dying each year from medications. We don't outlaw them. Promote small dairies. Pass HR 1830 and promote small dairies. ********** [082641:120513] j.g., Nashville, TN because I think it's not right to limit people who are trying to provide real food. ********** [114109:111613] L.J., Humble, TX Stop trying to kill us and ruin our well being all for money. Raw milk and everything in that category is health and good for us. ********** [025912:101413] P.M., Sevierville, TN Please Reps. stand up for our freedoms! We should be able to decide for ourselves if we want raw milk or not. ********** [090933:072713] L.E., White Cloud, MI What is wrong with a world we we are "allowed" to eat fastfood which costs society and government millions in health problems but not allowed to do business in raw milk with its limited health concerns. There is no argument that the raw milk "risk" should be outside the consumers' choice Luke, Hardworking Farmer, American Dreamer ********** [050608:072113] g.m., West Palm Beach, FL I don't think there are words to properly express how offended I am that my government would deem it necessary to take away the right of it's constituents to make a choice about how their food is processed, or whether or not to consume processed food. This is simply a grotesque abuse of power, an abomination to freedom, and has no place in the United States of America. Furthermore, when I learned of the steps taken to prevent the sale and distribution of raw milk, I fail to see how anyone involved, from the commanding officers, to the officers who actually conduct the raids, holding families at gun point, for simply providing a food product people want, are fit to be housed anyplace other than a penitentiary. These are not people who share values with a majority of Americans, and are very violent, dangerous, mentally disturbed human beings. Any member of congress, on state, or federal levels, who support this are clearly not defending the rights of their constituents, rather, they, quite obviously, favor the ability of the Dairy Council to reap more profits, and are thereby exposed as being in violation of the oath they took, and should be put in prison for treason. There is no way that a free society would force parents to the black market to purchase milk that hasn't been heat treated, and then re-fortified, artificially, with vitamins and minerals that were cooked out during pasteurization. Furthermore, the overzealous FDA agencies who have taken the war on milk and food choice, as a serious agenda, need to be removed from their position, they clearly are not there to represent the American people, and have permanently damaged their ability to be trusted. This authoritarian law needs to be erased, and if you are not in favor of it's removal, you are a part of what's wrong with our country and need to be removed from office immediately. This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of, if not one of the evilest. ********** [052718:062313] m.j., Pompano Beach, FL STOP PERSECUTING FARMERS AND CONSUMERS WHO WANT THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHAT THEY CONSUME. GOVERNMENT SHOULD ISSUE WARNINGS AND TAKE ACTION WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM NOT CREATE PROBLEMS WHERE THERE IS NONE. ********** [192301:061613] j.m., Canoga Park, CA thank you honorable representative for attention in this matter of personal freedom and choice best regards james monroe ********** [062245:060713] R.H., Monmouth, OR I am just a farmer's daughter who milked the cow, separated milk from cream, and drank the raw milk and made butter from the cream. After the March Against Monsanto I studied the issue and cleaned out my pantry restocking it with Non-GMO labelled products and USDA Certified (QAI) products. I urge my fellow citizens to study this issue also and begin changing their food intake for their own health's sake. Ruth Andrieu Hawkins 182 Winegar Ave E. Monmouth, OR 97361-1130 (503) 409-7366 ********** [090927:060513] L.L., Los Angeles, CA Not too long ago the store Rawesome, where I bought all of my fresh raw milk, yogurt and cheeses was raided and shut down. I counted on this for my family. My freedom was taken away. This was/is the most ridiculous and shameful show of protection from the FDA ever!! I am still shocked and horrified and to add insult to injury assault weapons are still legal in this country but selling raw milk to mamas is a crime. We really need to rethink our priorities in this country! ********** [150756:052113] E.T., Pikesville, MD I have food allergies and raw milk cheese is the only cheese that I can tolerate. Do not ban raw milk! ********** [073552:052113] D.B., Glendale, AZ Please, let's start to take back control over what foods we are allowed to buy and consume from corporations and lobbyists whose only interests are the bottom line. The raw milk ban is an absolute outrage! **********