Right to Know Act

 Tell Congress to Support the 
Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act

This spring, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) introduced the Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act, bipartisan legislation that would require the FDA to label all genetically modified foods.

“Americans have the right to know what is in the food they eat so they can make the best choices for their families,” Senator Boxer said. “This legislation is supported by a broad coalition of consumer groups, businesses, farmers, fishermen and parents who all agree that consumers deserve more – not less – information about the food they buy.”


In fact, surveys have shown that more than 90 percent of Americans in support of labeling GM foods. And while the Right-to-Know Act has attracted more than 50 co-sponsors from both sides of the aisle, Congressional leaders are looking for even more co-sponsors now in order to advance the bill.

Please call the office of your senators or representative today to ask them to co-sponsor this right-to-know legislation, or take our action below to send a message via e-mail. (Thank your Congress members if they already co-sponsored. See the list of co-sponsors below.) Feel free to edit our message to include relevant details such as your hometown and reasons for your interest in labeling GMOs, to make a more personal connection with your representative.

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Go to this link to input your zip code: http://action.greenamerica.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=11772

Representatives already co-sponsoring the bill:

Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 4/24/2013
Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 4/24/2013
Rep Chu, Judy [CA-27] - 5/14/2013
Rep Cicilline, David N. [RI-1] - 4/24/2013
Rep Connolly, Gerald E. [VA-11] - 4/24/2013
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-13] - 6/3/2013
Rep Edwards, Donna F. [MD-4] - 5/22/2013
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 6/12/2013
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-18] - 5/8/2013
Rep Gabbard, Tulsi [HI-2] - 4/24/2013
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-3] - 4/24/2013
Rep Himes, James A. [CT-4] - 6/27/2013
Rep Holt, Rush [NJ-12] - 5/6/2013
Rep Huffman, Jared [CA-2] - 4/24/2013
Rep Kuster, Ann M. [NH-2] - 4/24/2013
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-13] - 4/24/2013
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-19] - 5/6/2013
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-17] - 6/12/2013
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 4/24/2013
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-2] - 7/8/2013
Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 5/14/2013
Rep Miller, George [CA-11] - 4/24/2013
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 4/24/2013
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-10] - 4/24/2013
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-32] - 4/24/2013
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 4/24/2013
Rep O'Rourke, Beto [TX-16] - 6/27/2013
Rep Payne, Donald M., Jr. [NJ-10] - 6/3/2013
Rep Pingree, Chellie [ME-1] - 4/24/2013
Rep Polis, Jared [CO-2] - 4/24/2013
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 4/24/2013
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-28] - 5/9/2013
Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [NH-1] - 5/8/2013
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-25] - 4/24/2013
Rep Speier, Jackie [CA-14] - 4/24/2013
Rep Titus, Dina [NV-1] - 6/3/2013
Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-43] - 7/30/2013
Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - 4/24/2013
Rep Young, Don [AK] - 4/24/2013

Senators already co-sponsoring the bill:

Sen Begich, Mark [AK] - 4/24/2013
Sen Blumenthal, Richard [CT] - 4/24/2013
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 5/7/2013
Sen Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [NY] - 4/24/2013
Sen Heinrich, Martin [NM] - 4/24/2013
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] - 7/31/2013
Sen Merkley, Jeff [OR] - 4/24/2013
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] - 5/21/2013
Sen Murkowski, Lisa [AK] - 4/24/2013
Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] - 4/24/2013
Sen Schatz, Brian [HI] - 4/24/2013
Sen Shaheen, Jeanne [NH] - 7/31/2013
Sen Tester, Jon [MT] - 4/24/2013

Thank you to Green America for championing this cause.