The U.S. regulatory process for approving farmers’ tools like pesticides is the benchmark for all global regulatory standards.
In other words, the United States agencies that deal with approving the safety of pesticides [stand] as a measure of how other global regulatory agencies will approve or disapprove of pesticides.
Now, I’m going to speak about the MAHA Commission. And I don’t know whether that acronym means much to people, but it stands for Make America Healthy Again.
Last month, the MAHA Commission released a report taking aim at that regulatory process of deciding the safety or not-so-safe [classification] of pesticides.
If you undermine our already strict and effective regulatory process, you undermine our global competitiveness.
The result would be losing out to our competitors on business in the form of exports and direct investment in the United States.
It would also pull other countries away from our standard in favor of others, creating non-tariff barriers to trade.
The U.S. regulatory system for food and agriculture rose up alongside these important industries, created by pioneers that changed the world through technology.
This progress led humanity to the most prosperous time in history.
As conservatives, it’s important to remember that often it is not the lack of regulation, but the over-regulation of our industry that hinders our prosperity.
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