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De la Garza, E.

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture

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University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ScholarWorks @ UTRGV Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Agriculture Committee News Releases Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers 9-21-1993 Agriculture News Release - 1993-09-21b United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture E. De la Garza Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/kikadelagarzaagriculturecomitteenews  Part of the Agricultural Economics Commons Recommended Citation Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Agriculture Committee News Releases, UTRGV Digital Library, The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers at ScholarWorks @ UTRGV. It has been accepted for inclusion in Kika de la Garza Congressional Papers - Agriculture Committee News Releases by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ UTRGV. For more information, please contact justin.white@utrgv.edu, william.flores01@utrgv.edu. E (Kika) de la Garza, Tex.ChairmanPat Roberts. KiinsCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTUREU.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESRoom 1301, Longworth House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515Statement by Rep. Kika de la Garza (D·Texas)Chairman, House Agriculture Committee(NR93-075)For further information:Jim Davis, Press Secretary(202) 225-2171FAX (202)225-3158Clinton Administration's Food SafetyJPesticide ProposalTuesday, Sept. 21, 1993The Administration set out to achieve a single voice on these contentiousissues and offer Congress a reasonable and workable set of proposals to improveour pesticide laws. I believe their proposals pave the way for a concerted effort inCongress to bring about broad-based pesticide reform.The Administration has recognized that the two laws that govern pesticideregulation, FIFRA and FFDCA, must be made to work together better. TheAdministration's proposal to use a science-based, public-health standard of negligiblerisk in the setting of pesticide tolerances makes sense. It's time to give food safetyregulators the flexibility they need to take into account our ever increasing knowledgeof pesticides and their effect on human health and the environment. The standardof the 1950's makes no sense in the 1990's.It's encouraging that the Administration at least recognizes the importanceof benefits to consumers in setting pesticide policies. I think our country has atendency to take for granted the availability of an affordable, diverse and nutritiousfood supply.There are many details in the Administration's proposals that are left vagueor are yet to be worked out. The Administration has suggested the use of a new"phase-out" system, in addition to the current suspension and cancellation procedures.We need to determine whether this new tool would improve the current system. Ilook forward to hearing more about this particular proposal and the rest of thepackage at the upcoming hearing before the House Agriculture Subcommittee onDepartment Operations and Nutrition.With the Administration's leadership, Congress has the opportunity to restorecredibility and effectiveness to our Federal pesticide laws. The House AgricultureCommittee is ready to seize this opportunity. I hope other committees in Congresswill join us in this effort to improve our nation's pesticide laws to everyone's benefit.#

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