As you now know, the president signed into law S.764, known as the DARK ACT 2016 on July 29. Signing of this bill nullified the state laws of Vermont, Connecticut and Maine that required the labeling of genetically engineered foods. It also nullified the GE seed labeling laws of Vermont and Virginia, and preempted Alaska’s law requiring labeling of all GE fish or fish products. With the vague wording of the law, even the FDA acknowledges that the bill will exempt most current GMO foods from requiring labeling. The FDA has 2 years to determine how the labeling will be handled.
Congress is currently on its summer recess. The House adjourned on 7/15 and will not return until 9/6, plus adjourning again from 9/30 – 11/14. The Senate adjourned from 7/18 – 9/5 and then again from 10/7 – 11/14. Obviously we cannot expect Congress to place our needs on high priority while they are either vacationing or campaigning for re-election. This means that the House will be in session for 111 days in 2016 and the Senate for 122 days. Meanwhile…who’s running the government?
What a great message from Diane Miller, our Sunshine Health Freedom Foundation lobbyist for state issues. If we pooled our resources and support together, we would have an even stronger foundation to fight our fight for health freedom and the freedom to treat our bodies by natural means. Please read Diane’s message below:
What if Everyone Working for Health Freedom United into One Huge, Cooperative Movement?
That is exactly the vision of National Health Freedom Coalition, which just hosted its 11th US Health Freedom Congress. The vision is shared by many health freedom leaders who gathered to strategize together for the strength of the movement.
Here is why we host the US Health Freedom Congress:
- We come together to share our visions and hope with each other.
- We come together to help each other experience and remember we are part of a larger community, we are not alone.
- We come together to expand the conversation and possibilities so that our voice can reach more seekers and the narrative of truth can pierce the propaganda machines.
- We come together to find ways to address the pragmatic nay-sayers.
- We come together to be honest with what we are needing to address and what we are up against.
- We come together to be appreciated for the hard work and contributions we make.
- We come together to celebrate each other and to celebrate the parts of our visions that are coming true.
- And finally, we come together to add to our visions, to sharpen the focus of our intentions, and articulate and describe the work we really want to manifest.
United States Health Freedom Congress
We Come Together by Diane Margaret Miller
It is now more important than ever that we support the endeavors of all organizations whose goals and efforts are to help us keep our freedoms free: Sunshine Health Freedom Foundation (sunshinehealthfreedom.org); Right To Heal Naturally (righttohealnaturally.com); Alliance for Natural Health (ANH-USA.org); National Health Freedom Coalition (nationalhealthfreedom.org); Green America (greenamerica.org); GMO Inside (GMOinside.org); National Health Federation (thenhf.com)and many more like-minded organizations.