Any luck reaching senators' staffers? / Calling our senators re. S. 510

[Guest guest]

Has anyone had any luck talking to Senator Klobuchar's or en's

staff members assigned to food safety?

I've left several messages with the gist of my concerns and asked for a

return call, but got no response.

>

> I learned from Sen. Klobuchar's office that she is a co-sponsor of S.

> 510, so she especially needs to hear from us since she will obviously

vote

> in favor of it. The S. 510 bill is one that WAPF and many others fear

> will worsen the current situation and will be disastrously burdensome

to

> small, local farms and producers, and that the critical thing to

stress

> is that if they're voting for the bill, they must also pass the

> TESTER-HAGAN AMENDMENT. As the WAPF folks have explained below,

> the S. 510 bill is too general, too vague about these protections,

> but the Tester-Hagan Amendment expressly addresses this.

> Apparently there's a renewed effort to bring it to a vote, so our

calls

> are needed now.

>

> Beth

>

> P.S. People living in other states should also call their senators

> (excellent talking points are suggested below, at the end, but it's

> always good to also include why it's important to you personally).