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Senate Ag Leaders Indicate Insufficient Support For Full COOL Repeal

June 25, 2015 at 8:22 PM
The top-ranking Republican and Democrat of the Senate Agriculture Committee indicated there are not enough votes in the Senate to fully repeal the country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law for beef, pork and poultry, instead saying they will work together to hammer out a consensus before the World Trade Organization decides the amount of U.S. trade Canada and Mexico can retaliate against. In separate remarks to reporters after a June 25 hearing on the issue, Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Ranking...

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