Articles by Philip Brasher

With Congress about to break for the summer, the House is set this week to consider sending to President Obama an historic compromise on biotech food labeling.

More than 1,100 organizations and companies are appealing to House leaders to pass legislation that would set national disclosure standards for genetically engineered ingredients. The House is expected to vote on the Senate-passed bill later this week. Unless the bill is

House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway criticized the Senate-passed GMO disclosure bill as `riddled with ambiguity,` but said he would support its passage after getting assurances about the legislation from the Agriculture Department.

GMO Disclosure Bill, Chairman Mike Conaway, Representative Colin Peterson, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Thom Tillis, Cuba, Representative Rick Crawford, Ben Mosely, USA Rice, Government Accountability Office, U.S. Forest Service

The Senate easily approved an historic compromise on GMO disclosure standards, setting up final action in the House to shut down Vermont@s week-old labeling mandate. Industry groups are lobbying House leaders to allow a vote on the bill next week before lawmakers break for the nati

In an landmark step for agricultural biotechnology, the Senate advanced a compromise on GMO disclosure that will preempt state labeling mandates and allow digital disclosure of genetically engineered ingredients. The Senate voted 65-32 on Wednesday to limit debate on the legislation

GMO labeling, Chairman Pat Roberts, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairman Mike Conaway, Global Food Security Act, Feed the Future, Emergency Food Security Program, Chairman Ed Royce, Food for Peace, USDA, Food for Progress Program, McGovern Dole Program

Legislation that will write into law President Obama°s Feed the Future initiative and a new food aid program is headed to the White House for his signature.

The Senate°s showdown over biotech labeling is finally here after months upon months of negotiations and debate. A cloture vote is scheduled this afternoon to move to a final vote on the compromise on mandatory GMO disclosure. The cloture motion requires a 60-vote majority.

The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee assured Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway Tuesday night that legislation authorizing a new food aid program can°t be used to force changes in the way Food for Peace operates. The new Emergency Food Security Program