,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ege  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ac1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,tester 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,rounds1 ,mr4 ,daines1 ,mr4 ,thune1 and 
,mr4 ,booker7 submitted the following   
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,finance  ,,resolution    
,reaffirming a strong commitment to     
,united ,states producers and           
commodities made in the ,united ,states4
  ,whereas the farmers and ranchers of  
the ,united ,states raise the best beef 
in the world2 ,whereas consumers have a 
right to knowingly buy products made in 
the ,united ,states2 ,whereas farmers1  
ranchers1 workers1 and consumers in the 
,united ,states benefit from            
transparency regarding the origin of    
food2 ,whereas ,congress overwhelmingly 
supported country-of-origin labeling    
7also known as ,,cool7 in the ,food1    
,conservation1 and ,energy ,act of #bjjh
 7,public ,law #aaj-bdf2 #abb ,stat4    
#afea7 because #hg percent of consumers 

want to know the country of origin of   
the meat those consumers purchase2      
,whereas1 in #bjae1 ,congress repealed  
the law requiring country-of-origin     
labeling for beef1 reducing the         
competitive advantage of products born1 
raised1 and slaughtered in the ,united  
,states2 ,whereas there is no           
standardized definition of the term     
truth in labeling1 disadvantaging       
producers in the ,united ,states2       
,whereas ,congress supports products    
made in the ,united ,states1 and        
consumers deserve to know where their   
food comes from2 ,whereas the ,united   
,states has the highest phytosanitary   
standards in the world1 while other     
countries place less emphasis on food   
safety2 ,whereas foreign commodities1   
such as beef1 are misleadingly labeled  
,product of ,,usa if those commodities  
are processed or packed in the ,united  
,states2 ,whereas technological         
advancements make it possible to        
accurately and efficiently identify the 

origin of beef without costly           
segregation of imported and domestic    
commodities1 giving producers and       
consumers the ability to distinguish    
between beef actually produced in the   
,united ,states and foreign1 imported   
beef2 and ,whereas country-of-origin    
labeling is good for farmers1 ranchers1 
workers1 and packers because it allows  
those individuals to identify their     
products as born and raised in the      
,united ,states3 ,now1 therefore1 be it 
,that the ,senate urges the ,president  
to require the ,united ,states ,trade   
,representative to enter into the trade 
negotiations necessary to implement     
mandatory country-of-origin labeling for
 beef1 in order to allow consumers to   
make an informed and free choice about  
where their food comes from4