Help Defeat the EATS Act

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The Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act is a cleverly named piece of legislation with a dangerous goal. The bill threatens some of the most basic protections for farmed animals and was recently introduced in Congress. The act is designed to wipe out existing state laws that ban the cruel confinement of laying hens, mother pigs, and baby calves used for veal.

State legislators have an opportunity to help defeat the EATS Act. Please contact your state legislators and urge them to oppose the EATS Act (S. 2019 / H.R. 4417).

Thanks for taking action for animals. Together, we will create a kinder food system.

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Subject From Your Constituent: Oppose the EATS Act

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I am writing to encourage you to join dozens of other state legislators around the country in opposing the dangerous Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act, a bill Congress is currently considering for inclusion in the upcoming Farm Bill.

The EATS Act (S. 2019 / H.R. 4417) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2019/text?s=5&r...) poses a direct threat to states' rights by paving the way for Congress to infringe on states' ability to enact laws that protect their citizens, animals, and the environment while threatening to overturn democratically approved ballot initiatives.

Under the guise of protecting states' autonomy over agricultural practices, the EATS Act would negate hundreds of existing state and local laws (https://animal.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/Harvard-ALPP-EATS-Act-...), including protections against invasive species, food quality and safety regulations, narcotics laws, and procurement regulations.

To protect local lawmakers' ability to pass and enforce critical protections for our communities, we must stop the EATS Act and any similar legislation.

See the full congressional sign-on letter urging opposition to the EATS Act and add your name in this Google form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxwUhY02quxBaC-bq-FQ_Gz-rD7u8M...).

Please also consider sharing the letter with other elected officials you think may be interested in signing. Thank you for your consideration and continued public service.

Sincerely,

[First Name] [Last Name]

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