NPMA staff have continued meeting with key stakeholders on Capitol Hill to discuss our legislative priorities. This week, we met with the offices of Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) and Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH-11), who both sit on the House Agriculture committee. During these important meetings, we provided staff with background information on our pesticide preemption efforts to-date, and also socialized the importance of including state-level pesticide preemption in the 2023 Farm Bill.
This week, we also closed out our pesticide preemption industry support letter to four corners. Thank you to all of the 200+ organizations that agreed to sign on! Your support is very much appreciated.
And finally, we have expanded our Voter Voice campaign on S. 269, formerly known as “Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act” (PACTPA), to include pest management professionals in the state of Michigan. We encourage all NPMA/MPMA members in Michigan to reach out to Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and request that she oppose S. 269. We also encourage everyone to share this Voter Voice campaign with friends, colleagues, and other industry professionals that are in the pest management industry in Michigan.