US House Dems: Farm bill should not weaken Prop 12

Three members of Congress from California are leading a push to urge Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives to oppose any farm bill provisions that would overturn or weaken the states Proposition 12 animal welfare law.

In an April 21 letter sent to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Reps. Jim Costa, Lateefah Simon and Zoe Lofgren, along with other Democrats, called on leadership to reject any language that would pre-empt state standards like Proposition 12, arguing that “such provisions would override the will of millions of Californians, disrupt a market that has already adapted, and penalize farmers and producers who have invested to comply.”