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Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): regulate this

14 Thursday Dec 2017

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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4th Congressional District, deregulation, Donald Trump, facebook, missouri, social media, Vicky Hartzler

If Net Neutrality goes down the tubes, well, yeah.

Representative Vicky Hartzler (r) [2016 file photo].

Today on Facebook, from Representative Vicky Hartzler (r):

Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler
I came to Washington with an “Undo List.” President Donald J. Trump is following through on his promise to remove burdensome government regulations from everyday Americans’ lives. Regulations should be judged by quality, not quantity. [….]

Some of the responses:

So when does this “quality” consideration kick in?

Are you considering net neutrality a burdensome government regulation?

Then I should thank you for raising my internet rates, making it harder to hold large banks accountable, taking away medicare and medicade support and cutting social security when your tax plan balloons the deficit? Like any politician, your words sound supportive, but the reality is something else again. You’re a party line supporter. And that party line is not drawn on the side of your average constituent.

At what expense? The American people. Yeah, a presidential policy where “undo” is the main goal does not inspire confidence or love. Working together, across all aisles and listening to all viewpoints to craft good bills/policies, edit out the bad parts of existing bills/policies and making society a better, safer, more inclusive place… that would be a great goal.

So when regulations disappear-corruption becomes common and then American people get screwed by the unregulated & greedy-shame on you, for taking away safeguards for regular Americans.

Whenever people talk about burdensome regulations, I’m reminded of the coal miner who said that regulations only happen when miners die.

If this is supposed to be a defense of your absolute failure to defend net neutrality, I want you to know that it falls on deaf ears.

You’ve been in Washington a long time. How did you “come to Washington to undo”? I also remember that you rode in on the Tea Party wave. Which, namely, was going to reduce the government deficit. How will this tax increase do that?

Seems to me your party intends to undo the Constitution.

Lie, cheat, and steal from consumers. It’s ok nobody’s watching! Not you? Then why do we need you?

You are nothing more than a GOP puppet. You don’t care about any of your constituents, you refuse to meet with us in any kind of town meeting or forum and you do what your Republican masters tell you. Your “To Do List” should be “To Do What the GOP Tells Me To Do List.” Also, we know that this post is about Net Neutrality even though you never mentioned it by name. You are a disgrace and I look forward to doing what I an to make sure you do not get another term.

What quality is there in simply undoing anything the previous president did? That just sounds like school yard shenanigans instead of adults serving the public. As always I hope to be wrong about you.

Of course you did, undo everything you can to improve your GOP pocketbooks. Anything that was helpful for the people you are wanting to undo including undoing taxes for the rich and undoing America to satisfy the party and putting us more in debt!!!!

…please, you are nothing more than a shill for trump who is a disgrace. Un-doing regulations is fine, but trump is simply undoing regulations because obama put them in place, and you know that to be true. He, and you, since you rubber stamp every move he makes, are ridiculous, and by your actions will be putting people in danger by some of the regulations you are haphazardly undoing. Do you even look at each and every one and why they are there, before you put it on the chopping block? As for the net neutrality, there is absolutely no reason for this, other than trump’s childish jealousy of obama. You, lady, should be ashamed that you follow meekly along with whatever this despicable buffoon does. I will never vote for you. You make me embarrassed for you.

10,000 dollars was all it took for you to be against Net Neutrality.

You’re a cheap date.

I am not too sure you want to be touting “a vote for me is a vote for Trump”.

Yeah, that’s going to be interesting to watch over the next eleven months.

Sorry to miss your town hall meeting via the telephone last night. Maybe you could call before 6:38 pm for a 6:00 pm start time. You know what would be even better? An actual, in person town hall meeting!

If your a business, it’s ok to plan your future and if that includes polluting the environment or exploiting people economically or manufacturing dangerous products, have at it.

Remove those regs that make a company that has hazarrdous material have safety plans, limits on how much can be stored, what can be stored together.

What could go wrong?

The old guys made a rule for a reason.

Unfortunately, Mr. Trump is doing the Steve Bannon, alt-right shuffle in an attempt to downsize the Federal Government. I am surprised that you are a proponent of his white supremacist, hateful ideas that only serve to divide our country along hard political lines and fosters the belief that we no longer have a need for separate branches of government with oversight. Sadly this oversight is one of the few things that benefits the common man and keeps authoritarians from destroying what has taken over 200 years to evolve. It shows where your priorities lie and those are not with most of your constituents, just your donors.

Hmmm….so since you don’t represent your constituents best interests, does that mean we get to replace you? What are your thoughts on that? How about a town hall to discuss this?

Yep, 2018 is going to be really interesting.

HB 2185: don’t look now…

26 Wednesday Mar 2014

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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deregulation, environment, HB 2185, HEALTH, missouri

A bill on the environment, introduced today by Representative Tom Hurst (r):

HB 2185

Repeals a provision allowing the Department of Natural Resources to take any action to assure protection of the environment and human health

Sponsor: Hurst, Tom (062)

Co-Sponsor: Miller, Rocky (124) … et al.

Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2014

LR Number: 6378H.01I

Last Action: 03/26/2014 – Introduced and Read First Time (H)

Bill String: HB 2185

Next Hearing: Hearing not scheduled

Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar

[emphasis added]

SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 2185

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES HURST (Sponsor), MILLER, POGUE AND ROSS (Co-sponsors).

6378H.01I     D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To repeal section 644.051, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to water pollution.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

           Section A. Section 644.051, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 644.051, to read as follows:

[….]

[However, nothing shall prevent the department from taking action to assure protection of the environment and human health.] [to be removed from the statute]

[….]

[emphasis added]

This is a good idea because no one thinks protection of the environment and human health is that important?

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): uh, it’s called an “index” and you can look for it on the “Internets”

07 Friday Mar 2014

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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4th Congressional District, CFR, deregulation, missouri, Twitter, Vicky Hartzler

Today, another bit of insightful specialness from Representative Vicky Hartzler (r), via Twitter:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler ‏@RepHartzler

Could you comply with regulations that apply to you, or even find them? #RegulationNation [….] 9:13 AM – 7 Mar 2014

An image accompanying Representative Vicky Hartzler’s (r) Twitter post.

How dramatic.

A quick Twitter reply:

Cody Welton ‏@acoupstick

@RepHartzler deregulation has repeatedly been shown to harm public health and public natural resources. Stop being a shill for big business 9:20 AM – 7 Mar 2014

The “index” via the Government Printing Office:

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations

The Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) is a currently updated version of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). It is not an official legal edition of the CFR. The e-CFR is an editorial compilation of CFR material and Federal Register amendments produced by the National Archives and Records Administration’s Office of the Federal Register (OFR) and the Government Printing Office. The OFR updates the material in the e-CFR on a daily basis….

Yes, it’s easily searchable.

“Could you comply with regulations that apply to you…?”

Let’s put it this way, if you’re not at least peripherally aware of the Federal regulations (especially health and safety) in a line of work in which you’re supposed to have some expertise then you should probably be doing something else.

HB 617: you are what you eat

17 Sunday Feb 2013

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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deregulation, food, General Assembly, HB 617, HEALTH, missouri

A bill, introduced on Valentine’s Day:

FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 617

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES PARKINSON (Sponsor) AND WEBB (Co-sponsor).

0174H.01I   D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To amend chapter 196, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the sale of cottage foods.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

           Section A. Chapter 196, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 196.298, to read as follows:

           196.298. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean:

           (1) “Baked good”, includes cookies, cakes, breads, Danish, donuts, pastries, pies, and other items that are prepared by baking the item in an oven. A baked good does not include a potentially hazardous food item as defined by department rule;

           (2) “Cottage food production operation”, an individual operation out of the individual’s home who:

           (a) Produces a baked good, a canned jam or jelly, or a dried herb or herb mix for sale at the individual’s home;

           (b) Has an annual gross income of fifty thousand dollars or less from the sale of food described in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; and

           (c) Sells the food produced under paragraph (a) of this subdivision only directly to consumers;

           (3) “Department”, the department of health and senior services;

           (4) “Home”, a primary residence that contains a kitchen and appliances designed for common residential usage.

           2. A cottage food production operation is not a food service establishment and shall not be subject to any health or food code laws or regulations of the state or department other than this section and rules promulgated thereunder for a cottage food production operation.

           3. (1) A local health department shall not regulate the production of food at a cottage food production operation.

           (2) Each local health department and the department shall maintain a record of a complaint made by a person against a cottage food production operation.

           4. The department shall promulgate rules requiring a cottage food production operation to label all of the foods described in this section which the operation intends to sell to consumers. The label shall include the name and address of the cottage food production operation and a statement that the food is not inspected by the department or local health department.

           5. A cottage food production operation shall not sell any foods described in this section through the internet.

[emphasis in original]

Up to $50,000.00 a year in production allowed from a home kitchen? That’s either a really, really busy operation or really expensive high end cupcakes.

“…A cottage food production operation shall not sell any foods described in this section through the internet.”

Damn, there goes our plan to monetize Show Me Progress.

“….A local health department shall not regulate the production of food at a cottage food production operation…

…Each local health department and the department shall maintain a record of a complaint made by a person against a cottage food production operation….”

Ah, observe and sort of report.

What are the odds of someone introducing a bill to deregulate Missouri’s cottage pharmaceutical production operations [pdf]?

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