Today, in the H.E.L.P. committee hearing, the bill, H.R. 2749 – Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, underwent several amendments. One of the markups suggested by Senator Franken included the omission of section 122, which stated that the Secretary design and implement a national public education program on food safety. Senators questioned whether this section was beneficial to learn in school and what the proposed budget cost to implement this bill would be. The majority of the Senators concluded that food safety and education was self-evident and of little importance. For the past two hearings, the H.E.L.P. committee passed all three bills with amendments to only the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009.
In regards to tonight’s floor session, Committee Chair, Tom Harkin, and Ranking member, Michael Enzi, is anticipating the Student Internet Safety Act of 2009 to pass through Congress. They remained hopeful, but not certain, to the passing of H.R. 780 and H.R. 2749.
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