Am I allowed to speak?

[Nalu]

Well said Russell. Russell's point that he will unequivocally NOT benefit from a GMO labeling bill is spot on. I am an average citizen, but do quite a bit of my shopping at health food stores NOT because I am convinced that GMO's are bad, but rather I am NOT convinced yet that they are good or even OK. So... until it can be proven definitively that they are safe for me and my growing children, I will choose to avoid them. Unfortunately for me and my pocket, there is no current way to know, without labeling, whether a product contains GMO products. So to be safe I shop at the health food store, where products are often carefully labeled. If the labeling law came into effect, I might be more prone to do more of my shopping at a regular supermarket as I now could, knowingly, CHOOSE which product to buy. The issue here folks, IS NOT, a debate of whether GMO's are bad or good, it is rather that they should be LABELED. If the GMO farmers and such are positive that there are absolutely no ill effects, what is the harm of a simple label? So in my case as, Russel put it, the label bill would cause me to shop at his store less, and thus cause a decrease in his profits. I, personally, support and applaud a senator with the guts, and selfless gung-ho, to pursue this. Keep up the good work senator. Angela