H.R. 2751 - FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

Did the Vote Pass? Yes
Voted Yea 190
Voted Nay 112
Didn't Vote 65
Voted Present 0

The FDA Food “Safety” Modernization Act would grant the federal government unprecedented control over our diets while not making our food any safer. The bill imposes new regulations upon farmers and other food producers and also requires the government to hire a troop thousands of new bureaucrats to enforce the new rules. They will be funded by “such sums as may be necessary.” Besides wasting taxpayer dollars directly, the cost of producers complying with these new regulations will simply be passed onto consumers in the form of higher prices. Outbreaks of food-borne illnesses have decreased dramatically in frequency in recent decades, and there is simply no need for such an intrusive and expensive new set of regulations on food safety.

Legislator's Votes

Official's Name	Party	District	Voted
Gary Ackerman	Democrat	NY-5	Yea
Jason Altmire	Democrat	PA-4	Yea
Robert Andrews	Democrat	NJ-1	Yea
Michael Arcuri	Democrat	NY-24	Yea
Tammy Baldwin	Democrat	WI	Yea
John Barrow	Democrat	GA-12	Yea
Melissa Bean	Democrat	IL-8	Yea
Shelley Berkley	Democrat	NV-1	Yea
Howard Berman	Democrat	CA-28	Yea
Judy Biggert	Republican	IL-13	Yea
Sanford Bishop	Democrat	GA-2	Yea
Timothy Bishop	Democrat	NY-1	Yea
John Boccieri	Democrat	OH-16	Yea
Leonard Boswell	Democrat	IA-3	Yea
Frederick Boucher	Democrat	VA-9	Yea
Allen Boyd	Democrat	FL-2	Yea
Bruce Braley	Democrat	IA-1	Yea
G. K. Butterfield	Democrat	NC-1	Yea
Michael Capuano	Democrat	MA-7	Yea
Russ Carnahan	Democrat	MO-3	Yea
Christopher Carney	Democrat	PA-10	Yea
André Carson	Democrat	IN-7	Yea
Michael Castle	Republican	DE-AL	Yea
Kathy Castor	Democrat	FL-14	Yea
Ben Chandler	Democrat	KY-6	Yea
Yvette Clarke	Democrat	NY-9	Yea
Wm. Lacy Clay	Democrat	MO-1	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	Democrat	MO-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	Democrat	SC-6	Yea
Steve Cohen	Democrat	TN-9	Yea
Gerry Connolly	Democrat	VA-11	Yea
Jim Cooper	Democrat	TN-5	Yea
Joe Courtney	Democrat	CT-2	Yea
Mark Critz	Democrat	PA-12	Yea
Henry Cuellar	Democrat	TX-28	Yea
Elijah Cummings	Democrat	MD-7	Yea
Kathleen Dahlkemper	Democrat	PA-3	Yea
Artur Davis	Democrat	AL-7	Yea
Lincoln Davis	Democrat	TN-4	Yea
Susan Davis	Democrat	CA-53	Yea
Peter DeFazio	Democrat	OR-4	Yea
Diana DeGette	Democrat	CO-1	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	Democrat	CT-3	Yea
Norman Dicks	Democrat	WA-6	Yea
John Dingell	Democrat	MI-12	Yea
Charles Djou	Republican	HI-1	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	Democrat	TX-37	Yea
Steve Driehaus	Democrat	OH-1	Yea
Thomas Edwards	Democrat	TX-17	Yea
Vernon Ehlers	Republican	MI-3	Yea
Brad Ellsworth	Democrat	IN-8	Yea
Eliot Engel	Democrat	NY-16	Yea
Anna Eshoo	Democrat	CA-16	Yea
Bob Filner	Democrat	CA-51	Yea
Jeff Fortenberry	Republican	NE-1	Yea
Bill Foster	Democrat	IL-11	Yea
Barney Frank	Democrat	MA-4	Yea
John Garamendi	Democrat	CA-8	Yea
Gabrielle Giffords	Democrat	AZ-8	Yea
Charles Gonzalez	Democrat	TX-20	Yea
Al Green	Democrat	TX-9	Yea
Gene Green	Democrat	TX-29	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	Democrat	AZ-7	Yea
John Hall	Democrat	NY-19	Yea
Deborah Halvorson	Democrat	IL-11	Yea
Phil Hare	Democrat	IL-17	Yea
Jane Harman	Democrat	CA-36	Yea
Alcee Hastings	Democrat	FL-20	Yea
Martin Heinrich	Democrat	NM	Yea
Brian Higgins	Democrat	NY-26	Yea
Baron Hill	Democrat	IN-9	Yea
Jim Himes	Democrat	CT-4	Yea
Maurice Hinchey	Democrat	NY-22	Yea
Tim Holden	Democrat	PA-17	Yea
Rush Holt	Democrat	NJ-12	Yea
Steny Hoyer	Democrat	MD-5	Yea
Jay Inslee	Democrat	WA-1	Yea
Jesse Jackson	Democrat	IL-2	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	Democrat	TX-18	Yea
Hank Johnson	Democrat	GA-4	Yea
Eddie Johnson	Democrat	TX-30	Yea
Paul Kanjorski	Democrat	PA-11	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	Democrat	OH-9	Yea
Dale Kildee	Democrat	MI-5	Yea
Ron Kind	Democrat	WI-3	Yea
Ann Kirkpatrick	Democrat	AZ-2	Yea
Larry Kissell	Democrat	NC-8	Yea
Ron Klein	Democrat	FL-22	Yea
Suzanne Kosmas	Democrat	FL-24	Yea
Frank Kratovil	Democrat	MD-1	Yea
Dennis Kucinich	Democrat	OH-10	Yea
Jim Langevin	Democrat	RI-2	Yea
Rick Larsen	Democrat	WA-2	Yea
John Larson	Democrat	CT-1	Yea
Christopher Lee	Republican	NY-26	Yea
John Lewis	Democrat	GA-5	Yea
Dan Lipinski	Democrat	IL-3	Yea
Dave Loebsack	Democrat	IA-2	Yea
Nita Lowey	Democrat	NY-17	Yea
Ben Luján	Democrat	NM	Yea
Stephen Lynch	Democrat	MA-8	Yea
Daniel Maffei	Democrat	NY-24	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	Democrat	NY-12	Yea
Ed Markey	Democrat	MA	Yea
Betsy Markey	Democrat	CO-4	Yea
Jim Matheson	Democrat	UT-4	Yea
Doris Matsui	Democrat	CA-7	Yea
Betty McCollum	Democrat	MN-4	Yea
Jim McGovern	Democrat	MA-2	Yea
Mike McIntyre	Democrat	NC-7	Yea
Jerry McNerney	Democrat	CA-9	Yea
Kendrick Meek	Democrat	FL-17	Yea
Gregory Meeks	Democrat	NY-5	Yea
Michael Michaud	Democrat	ME-2	Yea
George Miller	Democrat	CA-11	Yea
Walter Minnick	Democrat	ID-1	Yea
Alan Mollohan	Democrat	WV-1	Yea
Gwen Moore	Democrat	WI-4	Yea
Dennis Moore	Democrat	KS-3	Yea
James Moran	Democrat	VA-8	Yea
Chris Murphy	Democrat	CT	Yea
Patrick Murphy	Democrat	PA-8	Yea
Scott Murphy	Democrat	NY-20	Yea
Jerry Nadler	Democrat	NY-12	Yea
Grace Napolitano	Democrat	CA-31	Yea
Glenn Nye	Democrat	VA-2	Yea
James Oberstar	Democrat	MN-8	Yea
David Obey	Democrat	WI-7	Yea
John Olver	Democrat	MA-1	Yea
William Owens	Democrat	NY-21	Yea
Frank Pallone	Democrat	NJ-6	Yea
Bill Pascrell	Democrat	NJ-9	Yea
Donald Payne	Democrat	NJ-10	Yea
Ed Perlmutter	Democrat	CO-7	Yea
Gary Peters	Democrat	MI	Yea
Chellie Pingree	Democrat	ME-1	Yea
Earl Pomeroy	Democrat	ND-AL	Yea
David Price	Democrat	NC-4	Yea
Mike Quigley	Democrat	IL-5	Yea
Nick Rahall	Democrat	WV-3	Yea
Laura Richardson	Democrat	CA-37	Yea
Ciro Rodriguez	Democrat	TX-23	Yea
Mike Ross	Democrat	AR-4	Yea
Steven Rothman	Democrat	NJ-9	Yea
Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democrat		Yea
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Democrat	MD-2	Yea
Tim Ryan	Democrat	OH-13	Yea
Linda Sánchez	Democrat	CA-38	Yea
John Sarbanes	Democrat	MD-3	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	Democrat	IL-9	Yea
Mark Schauer	Democrat	MI-7	Yea
Adam Schiff	Democrat	CA-30	Yea
Kurt Schrader	Democrat	OR-5	Yea
Allyson Schwartz	Democrat	PA-13	Yea
David Scott	Democrat	GA-13	Yea
Bobby Scott	Democrat	VA-3	Yea
Jose Serrano	Democrat	NY-15	Yea
Joe Sestak	Democrat	PA-7	Yea
Carol Shea-Porter	Democrat	NH-1	Yea
Brad Sherman	Democrat	CA-32	Yea
Ike Skelton	Democrat	MO-4	Yea
Louise Slaughter	Democrat	NY-25	Yea
Victor Snyder	Democrat	AR-2	Yea
Zachary Space	Democrat	OH-18	Yea
Jackie Speier	Democrat	CA-14	Yea
John Spratt	Democrat	SC-5	Yea
Bart Stupak	Democrat	MI-1	Yea
Betty Sutton	Democrat	OH-13	Yea
Gene Taylor	Democrat	MS-4	Yea
Harry Teague	Democrat	NM-2	Yea
Lee Terry	Republican	NE-2	Yea
Bennie Thompson	Democrat	MS-2	Yea
Mike Thompson	Democrat	CA-4	Yea
John Tierney	Democrat	MA-6	Yea
Dina Titus	Democrat	NV-1	Yea
Paul Tonko	Democrat	NY-20	Yea
Edolphus Towns	Democrat	NY-10	Yea
Chris Van Hollen	Democrat	MD	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	Democrat	NY-7	Yea
Pete Visclosky	Democrat	IN-1	Yea
Maxine Waters	Democrat	CA-43	Yea
Diane Watson	Democrat	CA-33	Yea
Henry Waxman	Democrat	CA-33	Yea
Anthony Weiner	Democrat	NY-9	Yea
Peter Welch	Democrat	VT	Yea
Charles Wilson	Democrat	OH-6	Yea
Frank Wolf	Republican	VA-10	Yea
Lynn Woolsey	Democrat	CA-6	Yea
David Wu	Democrat	OR-1	Yea
John Yarmuth	Democrat	KY-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	Republican	AL-4	Nay
W. Akin	Republican	MO-2	Nay
Rodney Alexander	Republican	LA-5	Nay
Steve Austria	Republican	OH-7	Nay
Michele Bachmann	Republican	MN-6	Nay
Spencer Bachus	Republican	AL-6	Nay
Roscoe Bartlett	Republican	MD-6	Nay
Brian Bilbray	Republican	CA-50	Nay
Gus Bilirakis	Republican	FL-12	Nay
Rob Bishop	Republican	UT-1	Nay
Marsha Blackburn	Republican	TN	Nay
Roy Blunt	Republican	MO	Nay
John Boehner	Republican	OH-8	Nay
Mary Bono Mack	Republican	CA-45	Nay
John Boozman	Republican	AR	Nay
Dan Boren	Democrat	OK-2	Nay
Kevin Brady	Republican	TX-8	Nay
Paul Broun	Republican	GA-10	Nay
Henry Brown	Republican	SC-1	Nay
Vern Buchanan	Republican	FL-16	Nay
Mike Burgess	Republican	TX-26	Nay
Dan Burton	Republican	IN-5	Nay
Eric Cantor	Republican	VA-7	Nay
Shelley Capito	Republican	WV	Nay
Dennis Cardoza	Democrat	CA-18	Nay
John Carter	Republican	TX-31	Nay
Bill Cassidy	Republican	LA	Nay
Travis Childers	Democrat	MS-1	Nay
Mike Coffman	Republican	CO-6	Nay
Tom Cole	Republican	OK-4	Nay
Michael Conaway	Republican	TX-11	Nay
Jim Costa	Democrat	CA-21	Nay
Geoff Davis	Republican	KY-4	Nay
Mario Diaz-Balart	Republican	FL-26	Nay
David Dreier	Republican	CA-26	Nay
John Duncan	Republican	TN-2	Nay
Jo Ann Emerson	Republican	MO-8	Nay
Jeff Flake	Republican	AZ	Nay
Virginia Foxx	Republican	NC-5	Nay
Elton Gallegly	Republican	CA-24	Nay
Jim Gerlach	Republican	PA-6	Nay
Phil Gingrey	Republican	GA-11	Nay
Louie Gohmert	Republican	TX-1	Nay
Bob Goodlatte	Republican	VA-6	Nay
Sam Graves	Republican	MO-6	Nay
Tom Graves	Republican	GA-14	Nay
Brett Guthrie	Republican	KY-2	Nay
Ralph Hall	Republican	TX-4	Nay
Doc Hastings	Republican	WA-4	Nay
Walter Herger	Republican	CA-2	Nay
Peter Hoekstra	Republican	MI-2	Nay
Duncan Hunter	Republican	CA-50	Nay
Darrell Issa	Republican	CA-48	Nay
Lynn Jenkins	Republican	KS-2	Nay
Timothy Johnson	Republican	IL-15	Nay
Jim Jordan	Republican	OH-4	Nay
Steve King	Republican	IA-4	Nay
Jack Kingston	Republican	GA-1	Nay
Doug Lamborn	Republican	CO-5	Nay
Tom Latham	Republican	IA-3	Nay
Steven LaTourette	Republican	OH-14	Nay
Bob Latta	Republican	OH-5	Nay
Jerry Lewis	Republican	CA-41	Nay
Frank Lucas	Republican	OK-3	Nay
Blaine Luetkemeyer	Republican	MO-3	Nay
Cynthia Lummis	Republican	WY	Nay
Daniel Lungren	Republican	CA-3	Nay
Connie Mack	Republican	FL-14	Nay
Donald Manzullo	Republican	IL-16	Nay
James Marshall	Democrat	GA-8	Nay
Michael McCaul	Republican	TX-10	Nay
Tom McClintock	Republican	CA-5	Nay
Thaddeus McCotter	Republican	MI-11	Nay
Patrick McHenry	Republican	NC-10	Nay
Howard McKeon	Republican	CA-25	Nay
Jerry Moran	Republican	KS	Nay
Randy Neugebauer	Republican	TX-19	Nay
Pete Olson	Republican	TX-22	Nay
Ronald Paul	Republican	TX-14	Nay
Erik Paulsen	Republican	MN-3	Nay
Thomas Perriello	Democrat	VA-5	Nay
Collin Peterson	Democrat	MN-7	Nay
Thomas Petri	Republican	WI-6	Nay
Todd Platts	Republican	PA-19	Nay
Bill Posey	Republican	FL-8	Nay
Adam Putnam	Republican	FL-12	Nay
Tom Reed	Republican	NY-23	Nay
Dennis Rehberg	Republican	MT-AL	Nay
Phil Roe	Republican	TN-1	Nay
Hal Rogers	Republican	KY-5	Nay
Mike Rogers	Republican	AL-3	Nay
Mike Rogers	Republican	MI-8	Nay
Steve Scalise	Republican	LA-1	Nay
Jean Schmidt	Republican	OH-2	Nay
Jim Sensenbrenner	Republican	WI-5	Nay
Pete Sessions	Republican	TX-17	Nay
John Shadegg	Republican	AZ-3	Nay
John Shimkus	Republican	IL-15	Nay
Mike Simpson	Republican	ID-2	Nay
Adrian Smith	Republican	NE-3	Nay
Chris Smith	Republican	NJ-4	Nay
Clifford Stearns	Republican	FL-6	Nay
John Sullivan	Republican	OK-1	Nay
GT Thompson	Republican	PA-15	Nay
William Thornberry	Republican	TX-13	Nay
Todd Tiahrt	Republican	KS-4	Nay
Mike Turner	Republican	OH-10	Nay
Fred Upton	Republican	MI-6	Nay
Greg Walden	Republican	OR-2	Nay
Ed Whitfield	Republican	KY-1	Nay
Joe Wilson	Republican	SC-2	Nay
Rob Wittman	Republican	VA-1	Nay
John Adler	Democrat	NJ-3	Missed
Joe Baca	Democrat	CA-43	Missed
Brian Baird	Democrat	WA-3	Missed
James Barrett	Republican	SC-3	Missed
Robert Berry	Democrat	AR-1	Missed
Earl Blumenauer	Democrat	OR-3	Missed
Jo Bonner	Republican	AL-1	Missed
Bobby Bright	Democrat	AL-2	Missed
Virginia Brown-Waite	Republican	FL-5	Missed
Stephen Buyer	Republican	IN-4	Missed
Ken Calvert	Republican	CA-41	Missed
Dave Camp	Republican	MI-4	Missed
John Campbell	Republican	CA-45	Missed
Anh Cao	Republican	LA-2	Missed
Judy Chu	Democrat	CA-28	Missed
Jerry Costello	Democrat	IL-12	Missed
John Culberson	Republican	TX-7	Missed
Danny Davis	Democrat	IL-7	Missed
William Delahunt	Democrat	MA-10	Missed
Ted Deutch	Democrat		Missed
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	Republican	FL-21	Missed
Mike Doyle	Democrat	PA-18	Missed
Mary Fallin	Republican	OK-5	Missed
Barton Gordon	Democrat	TN-6	Missed
Kay Granger	Republican	TX-12	Missed
Parker Griffith	Republican	AL-5	Missed
T. Gutierrez	Democrat	IL-4	Missed
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	Democrat	SD-AL	Missed
Mazie Hirono	Democrat	HI	Missed
Paul Hodes	Democrat	NH-2	Missed
Bob Inglis	Republican	SC-4	Missed
Sam Johnson	Republican	TX-3	Missed
Steve Kagen	Democrat	WI-8	Missed
Patrick Kennedy	Democrat	RI-1	Missed
Carolyn Kilpatrick	Democrat	MI-13	Missed
Mary Jo Kilroy	Democrat	OH-15	Missed
Pete King	Republican	NY-2	Missed
Barbara Lee	Democrat	CA-12	Missed
John Linder	Republican	GA-7	Missed
Zoe Lofgren	Democrat	CA-18	Missed
Kenny Marchant	Republican	TX	Missed
Kevin McCarthy	Republican	CA-20	Missed
Carolyn McCarthy	Democrat	NY-4	Missed
Michael McMahon	Democrat	NY-13	Missed
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Republican	WA-5	Missed
Charles Melancon	Democrat	LA-3	Missed
Gary Miller	Republican	CA-31	Missed
Harry Mitchell	Democrat	AZ-5	Missed
Richard Neal	Democrat	MA-1	Missed
Devin Nunes	Republican	CA-22	Missed
Solomon Ortiz	Democrat	TX-27	Missed
Ed Pastor	Democrat	AZ-7	Missed
George Radanovich	Republican	CA-19	Missed
Silvestre Reyes	Democrat	TX-16	Missed
Bobby Rush	Democrat	IL-1	Missed
John Salazar	Democrat	CO-3	Missed
Aaron Schock	Republican	IL-18	Missed
Albio Sires	Democrat	NJ-8	Missed
Adam Smith	Democrat	WA-9	Missed
Fortney Stark	Democrat	CA-13	Missed
John Tanner	Democrat	TN-8	Missed
Zach Wamp	Republican	TN-3	Missed
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Democrat	FL-25	Missed
C. Young	Republican	FL-13	Missed
Don Young	Republican	AK-1	Missed